The sudden and perhaps unexpected appearance of populist parties in the 1990s shows no
sign of immediately vanishing. The lion's share of the research on populism has focused on …

Despite the centrality of political opposition in democracy, few theoretical researches have
been led on this issue since the 1970s. However, the context in which the opposition had …

It is well known that different types of electoral systems create different incentives to cultivate
a personal vote and that there may be variation in intra‐party competition within an electoral …

ABSTRACT A political system cannot be imagined without opposition. Despite this crucial
position in politics, political science has largely neglected to study oppositions. Attempting to …

Whereas many advanced democracies have a long-standing tradition of collaboration
between parties and interest groups, it is still contested what drives such collaboration …

This article analyses how populist parties wage opposition in parliament. We conceptualise
opposition behaviour in terms of two independent dimensions: scrutiny (monitoring and …

In many ways, Sint Antoniesbreestraat is a typical street in Amsterdam. It goes from
Nieuwmarkt, near the infamous Red-Light District, towards the Rembrandt House and the …

Does representatives' legislative activity have any effect on their electoral performance? A
broad theoretical literature suggests so, but real‐world evidence is scarce as empirically …

The existence and activity of Political Opposition is indispensable in democratic systems of
government. This chapter argues that the vital democratic functions of opposition (informing …

Despite their geographical proximity, common history, and joint experience with social
segmentation, there is a surprising dearth of studies systematically comparing …