Environmental issues are often neglected until a lapse in the care for environment, which
leads to serious human health problem, would then put regulation gaps in the spotlight …

Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain,
the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain …

Although new institutionalism has long been criticised for presenting overly static accounts
of social reality, that critique is becoming increasingly unwarranted. In recent years …

Populism is a concept that is currently in vogue among political commentators and, more
often than not, used pejoratively. The phenomenon of populism is typically seen as …

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic
governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state …

Revisiting the trend of identifying populism with extreme right parties, in this paper we aim to
problematize such associations within the context of today's Europe. Drawing on examples …

Can too much participation harm democracy? Democratic theory places great importance
upon the conduct of elections, but it is not often recognized that the electoral game takes …

" The origins of this project can be traced back to 2011 when the editors of this volume were
working together at the University of Sussex. During this time Cristóbal was working on a …

The procedure at the federal level 149 The role of the King 154 The procedure at the
regional level 156 The mechanics of coalition formation 159 A difficult and lengthy process …

Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …