Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the
previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional …

The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why indigenous movements have
recently won elections for the first time in the history of the region. Raúl L. Madrid argues that …

Ciudadanos, a party founded in Catalonia in 2006, has recently acquired a major role in the
Spanish political system. This article examines why it was formed almost ten years ago and …

The rise of Podemos, a political force that is ideologically and organizationally new, has
shaken Spanish politics. Only three years old, and taking advantage of the dual economic …

The 2014 European Parliament (EP) election in Spain took place in a context of deep
economic recession and distrust of political institutions. These conditions triggered an …

Beginning with the economic crisis in 2008, a number of European societies witnessed the
emergence of 'new parties'. Most authors explain their electoral appeal by focusing on how …

Does ideological polarization undermine or strengthen people's principled support for
democracy? In this study, we suggest that different manifestations of ideological polarization …

The traditional Spanish imperfect bipartisanship and the alternation in power that emerged
in the early 80s between the center-left PSOE and the conservative PP have shifted towards …

Este artículo analiza las elecciones de 2018 en México, en las que por primera vez un
candidato de un partido de izquierda ganó la Presidencia de ese país, obteniendo una …

Rather than weakening the forces of nationalism among member states, the expanding
power of the European Union actually fosters conditions favorable to regionalist movements …