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From Brussels to Washington, from New Delhi to Brasília — real-time coverage of global party dynamics, theoretical innovations, and cutting-edge developments in party organization and competition.

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18Countries
28Articles
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Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies

This study identifies the key factors driving party system institutionalization across 15 new democracies in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, offering a 15-country comparative analysis.

The Global Surge of Technocratic Parties

As traditional ideological cleavages fade, technocratic parties are rising across Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. This landmark analysis examines the causes, global patterns, and long-term consequences of this seismic shift in party politics.

Japan's LDP and the End of One-Party Dominance

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

Nigeria's PDP and APC: The Mechanics of Two-Party Competition

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

The Organizational Ecology of Movement Parties

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

The Lifespan of New Parties: Why Most Fade and Few Endure

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

Ideology as Brand: Positioning in the Attention Economy

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

The Theory of Party Institutionalization Revisited

Long treated as a settled question, the subject of this article has returned to the centre of debate. The author revisits the evidence and offers a fresh comparative reading.

Populism as a Mode of Representation, Not an Ideology

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

Gender and the Internal Power Structures of Political Parties

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

The Logic of Coalition Formation in Multiparty Systems

Long treated as a settled question, the subject of this article has returned to the centre of debate. The author revisits the evidence and offers a fresh comparative reading.

Global Dynamics

Japan's LDP and the End of One-Party Dominance

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

Nigeria's PDP and APC: The Mechanics of Two-Party Competition

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

Theoretical Frontiers

Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies

This study identifies the key factors driving party system institutionalization across 15 new democracies in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, offering a 15-country comparative analysis.

The Global Surge of Technocratic Parties

As traditional ideological cleavages fade, technocratic parties are rising across Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. This landmark analysis examines the causes, global patterns, and long-term consequences of this seismic shift in party politics.

The Organizational Ecology of Movement Parties

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

The Lifespan of New Parties: Why Most Fade and Few Endure

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

Ideology as Brand: Positioning in the Attention Economy

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

The Theory of Party Institutionalization Revisited

Long treated as a settled question, the subject of this article has returned to the centre of debate. The author revisits the evidence and offers a fresh comparative reading.

Populism as a Mode of Representation, Not an Ideology

This article offers a close reading of one of the most consequential dynamics in contemporary party politics, situating it within broader historical and comparative patterns.

Gender and the Internal Power Structures of Political Parties

Few developments have reshaped the study of party politics as decisively as the one examined here. This article traces its origins, mechanics, and consequences for how parties organize and compete.

The Logic of Coalition Formation in Multiparty Systems

Long treated as a settled question, the subject of this article has returned to the centre of debate. The author revisits the evidence and offers a fresh comparative reading.