The article analyses the organisation of the Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
[PiS]) in Poland. The case of PiS does not only allow us to explore the organisational …

Voters of populist parties tend to be dissatisfied with democracy. Some scholars attribute this
dissatisfaction with how our democracies function to poor representation by mainstream …

The extent to which political parties change their policy positions and the emphasis they give
to different topics is crucial for the representativeness and responsiveness of contemporary …

This dissertation focuses on the balances and the representativeness of electoral candidate
lists in Belgium between 1995 and 2019. While extensive research has been done in recent …

Small and marginal parties (SMPs) are a constant feature of the party landscape in
Germany's political system. Some of these parties have failed to enter parliament for a long …

L'étude du Parti social-chrétien en Flandre est particulièrement intéressante, à plusieurs
égards. D'une part, ce parti a dominé l'espace politique belge et flamand pendant des …

This dissertation seeks to answer the question of when do parties in consensual
parliamentary systems expand the group of people who can pick the party leader? Previous …