Do media influence policy making? To what extent can governments or other actors
manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy …

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and
citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists …

A number of Western European countries have recently seen the emergence of 'digital
parties'. This term refers to a new wave of political organisations committed to transforming …

Political parties share a very bad reputation in most European countries. This paper
provides an interpretation of this sentiment, reconstructing the downfall of the esteem in …

Despite the historical and political similarities between Portugal and Spain, the contentious
responses to austerity diverged in terms of number, rhythm and players. This book compares …

Populism comes in so many forms, both historically and in its contemporary manifestations,
that we cannot assess its relationship with democratic institutions as if it were homogeneous …

In many countries, movement parties have gained traction among the electorate. This
special issue spotlights the communication of movement parties as an avenue for …

This Element analyzes the incorporation of new information and communication
technologies (ICTs) by different parties in Latin America to organize volunteers and mobilize …

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a variety of deliberative practices in the
organization and activities of political parties. What remains unclear, however, is how parties …

The literature on party change has shown how the advent of the digital revolution and the
diffusion of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the democracies of …