Over the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have
proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In Participation without …

This book addresses the question of why a party system with a modest number of nationally
oriented political parties emerges in some democracies but not others. The number of …

Is there an Asia-Pacific model of democracy? Over the past two decades, more than a dozen
Asian and Pacific states have made the transition to democratic rule. But many of these …

This article systematically examines the academic literature on personalism and
personalization in political parties. Its comprehensive review uses existing studies to (1) …

Is a higher degree of party and party system institutionalization positively correlated with the
consolidation of democracy, defined here as the prevention of democratic breakdown? In …

Introduction Political parties are, arguably, the most important institutions mediating between
the state apparatus and civil society in old and new democracies. The way they perform this …

A study of processes of political party formation and change in new democracies. This book
argues that to understand party organizations we need to focus on politicians' electoral …

In both the Philippines and Singapore, rapid capitalist development over the last decade
combined with intensified inequalities in wealth and income. The conflict this generated …

How do ethnically divided countries create inclusive and stable democratic institutions? Why
do some kinds of federalism fail while others evolve? Scholars looking for answers to these …

Why is there sometimes limited mobilization against autocratization, particularly when it
involves major human rights violations? Some scholars emphasize the loss of political …