Political Parties

Sixty years ago, the ultimate goal of the APSA’s Responsible Parties Report was for parties to provide a clearer picture to the electorate of government would be different depending on Republican or Democratic rule. Since then the two major parties in America have grown quite distinct, offering dram..

Sixty years ago, the ultimate goal of the APSA’s Responsible Parties Report was for parties to provide a clearer picture to the electorate of government would be different depending on Republican or Democratic rule. Since then the two major parties in America have grown quite distinct, offering dram..

This ground-breaking collection of writings explores how progressive third parties in the U.S. can become more electorally successful and politically influential. It is the only recently published book that focuses exclusively on how such parties may advance. Their rise may be essential to counterin..

This ground-breaking collection of writings explores how progressive third parties in the U.S. can become more electorally successful and politically influential. It is the only recently published book that focuses exclusively on how such parties may advance. Their rise may be essential to counterin..

Does the level of cooperation between government and opposition parties increased, or rather decreased, in hard times? The present volume introduces a collection of works exploring the government-opposition dynamics in southern European countries, at the time of the economic crisis._x005F_x000D_ Thi..

Does the level of cooperation between government and opposition parties increased, or rather decreased, in hard times? The present volume introduces a collection of works exploring the government-opposition dynamics in southern European countries, at the time of the economic crisis._x005F_x000D_ Thi..

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of ‘new challenger parties’ across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail...

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of ‘new challenger parties’ across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail...

This book contains a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the opposition parties in eleven European democracies across Western and East Central Europe. Specifically, it investigates the parliamentary behaviour of the opposition parties, and shows that the party context is increa..

This collection constitutes the first ‘state of the art’ of the existing normative research on political parties and partisanship. Each contribution represents a significant addition to the existing literature, while reflecting the author’s unique approach to this novel strand of research in politic..

This book engages with the debate over the significance and future of political parties as membership organisations and presents the first broad comparative analysis of party membership and activism. It is based on membership surveys which have been administered, gathered and collated by a group of ..

This collection assesses the impact of European Union membership on parties’ organization and programmes in the new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe. _x000D_ This book was published as a special issue in Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics...