Social phenomena can rarely be attributed to single causes--instead, they typically stem
from a myriad of interwoven factors that are often difficult to untangle. Drawing on set theory …

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

Party system issue agendas are formed by the topics that individual parties decide to
address, and these salience decisions are likely to be strategic. Two key strategies are …

O presente artigo é uma nova contribuição ao debate acerca da ideologia dos partidos
políticos brasileiros, formulada com o intuito de adensar a discussão metodológica sobre o …

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership
dominated politics. Instead, party politics has become issue-based. Surprisingly few studies …

We explore how partisan affect shapes citizens' views of party ideology and political
competition. We argue that voters' affective ties to parties (both positive and negative) lead …

The party politics of immigration is one of the fastest growing bodies of research within the
study of West European politics. Within this literature, an underlying assumption is that …

Right-wing populist and far right parties are on the rise across Europe. While established
parties are suffering dramatic electoral losses, right-wing parties are celebrating one …

Coalition parties have to reconcile two competing logics: they need to demonstrate unity to
govern together, but also have to emphasize their own profile to succeed in elections. We …

In analysing speeches made by legislators, this book provides theoretical and empirical
answers to questions such as: Why do some Members of Parliament (MPs) take the …