The article comparatively examines the levels of populism exhibited by parties in Western
Europe. It relies on a quantitative content analysis of press releases collected in the context …

The Greens made spectacular gains in the 2019 Swiss federal elections. In a campaign that
was dominated by the climate change issue, the party outperformed the Christian Democrats …

In European Party Politics in Times of Crisis we shall study the transformation of national
party competition in the shadow of the great economic crisis that Europe underwent in the …

Many established democracies are currently challenged by populist parties and movements.
Switzerland is a particularly interesting case because it has an established right‐wing …

Rootedness, Activism, and Centralization: The Case of the Swiss People's Party Page 1
University of Groningen Rootedness, Activism, and Centralization Favero, Adrian Published in …

Ideological congruence is the term generally used in comparative politics for the
representative relationship between the general preferences of citizens and the perceived …

To paraphrase Polanyi (1944), there are certain critical periods during which time expands.
Studying these exceptional periods opens an opportunity to shed light on the transforming …

Abstract The Swiss People's Party emerged as the unambiguous winner of the 2023 Swiss
federal elections. Thanks to a vote share of 27.9% obtained in the elections to the National …

Switzerland is an interesting laboratory for studying right‐wing populism. Populist
movements, notably the Swiss People's Party (SVP), have undergone momentous …

Among the fifteen countries examined in the current volume, the Romanian case stands out
for two reasons: a dominance of political issues and a relative instability of the ideological …