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This book maps trends in inter-party relations in Europe from 1848 until 2019. It investigates how the length of democratic experience, the institutionalization of individual parties, the fragmentation of parliaments, and the support for anti-establishment parties, shape the degree of institutionalisation of party systems.
List of contents
- Introduction: A Systemic Approach to Inter-Party Relationships
- 1: The Logic of Inter-party Competition and Cooperation: Blocs, Poles, Institutionalization, and Closure
- 2: A New European Dataset and the Measurement of Party System Closure Data
- 3: Currently Functioning European Party Systems
- 4: Historical (i.e. Defunct) European Party Systems
- 5: Party System Closure in Comparative Perspective
- 6: From Time to Time: Democratic Age, Birth, and Closure
- 7: The Whole is More than the Sum of the Parts: Party Institutionalization and Closure
- 8: Size Does Matter: The Number of Parties and Closure
- 9: Pulling Apart: Polarization and Closure
- 10: The Explanatory Model of Closure: Factors and Mechanisms
- 11: Survival vs. Quality: Democratic Consequences of Closure
- Conclusion: How Do Party Systems Institutionalize?
About the author
Fernando Casal Bértoa is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham. He is co-director of REPRESENT: Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy. His work has been published in numerous scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Sociological Methods and Research, Electoral Studies, West European Politics, Party Politics, European Political Science Review and Democratization. He was awarded the 2017 Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright Memorial Prize, the 2017 AECPA Prize for the Best Article and the 2018 Vice-Chancellor Medal of the University of Nottingham for 'exceptional achievements'.
Zsolt Enyedi is Professor at the Political Science Department of Central European University. He (co)authored two and (co)edited eight volumes and published numerous articles and book chapters, mainly on party politics and political attitudes. His articles appeared in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies, Political Psychology, West European Politics, Party Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, Perspectives on Politics, European Review, etc. He has received a number of academic awards such as the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize, 2003, Bibó Prize, 2004, and the Hungarian Academy Award 2020.
Summary
This book maps trends in inter-party relations in Europe from 1848 until 2019. It investigates how the length of democratic experience, the institutionalization of individual parties, the fragmentation of parliaments, and the support for anti-establishment parties, shape the degree of institutionalisation of party systems.
