The European Union has had to deal with a series of crises in the past, but currently, it faces
an exceptional accumulation of tensions triggered by the eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis …

Why do some parties live fast and die young, but other endure? And why are some party
systems more stable than others? Based on a blend of data derived from both qualitative …

When political'extremists'-organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in
democratic elections-enter the conventional institutional arena, how do mainstream actors …

Over the past three decades, the EU has brought about massive economic transformation,
extensive territorial expansion and major democratic renewal. Most recently, however, the …

This article describes the EU's impact on economic performance in the new Member States
since the advent of membership. It first deals with the EU's role in promoting the economic …

In line with expectations EU membership has only a limited impact on party politics in the
new M ember S tates of central and eastern Europe (CEE); even the economic crisis has not …

Democracies in Central Eastern Europe continuously struggle against the upsurge of radical
right political parties and movements. Not only the rise of Jobbik in the late 2000s, but also …

This paper is focused on the evolution of the ideology of Smer-Social Democracy (Smer-SD)
party and its positions on European integration before the political elections in Slovakia in …

This article demonstrates that the EU's multiple economic crises have not shifted the main
political trajectories in Slovakia. Despite a severe impact on the labor market, the crises …

In the first two post-communist decades, party politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
displayed a remarkable degree of variation. Some party systems were stable, others were …