Political parties regularly change and adapt in response to ever-changing circumstances. Until now these changes have frequently prompted both scholars and the
This special issue of the German Political Science Quarterly addresses the transformation and the sustainability of European party democracies, both at the leve
With a focus on 'Europe 31', understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often r
Two decades have passed since the transition to democracy began in Eastern Europe. Today, West and East-Central European countries share a common political spac
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