What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have
in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of …

A classic account of democracy's crisis of legitimacy The age of party democracy has
passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void. The major parties have become so …

A comparative analysis of political websites and their users from seven Western
democracies. Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the …

The article begins by identifying a number of apparently dissonant characteristics of modern
party organization, suggesting that they define patterns of internal organizational …

It is time to think again about the conceptualization of factionalism in political science.
Following a brief review of scholarly contributions in the field, I argue that the analytical …

This paper is concerned primarily with the way in which the changing character of political
parties impacts upon their standing, legitimacy, and effectiveness. We see an emerging …

This book explains why the level of party presidentialization varies from one country to
another. It considers the effects of constitutional structures as well as the party's original …

Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and
parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development …

Do business contributions to political parties convey different messages in different
countries, and, if so, why? This article presents a pioneering cross-national study of firm …

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which
advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate the activities of political parties in …