Party System: Stability and Emergence?

Abstract

This panel examines the nature of the party system and its institutional embedding. It not only analyzes the stability of the party system in general but also focuses on the emergence and rise of niche and populist parties. What affects party system stability? And what favours the emergence of new parties? Maintenance of and changes to the political landscape are linked to institutional factors, as well as to the behaviour of individual voters. Additionally, in recent years party systems were confronted with the foundation of new niche and populist parties. Especially since the beginning of the European debt crisis they have come to the fore. On the one hand, their numbers have risen massively. On the other hand, these parties were also able to increase their number of votes, and sometimes they were even able to enter public office. What goals are these parties pursuing and what affects the stabilisation of niche and populist parties? How do they influence the existing party system in their country?

Title	Details
How Right-Wing Populist is the AfD?	View Paper Details
Framing the Growth of “anti-casta” Movements: the Case of the Five Star Movement and Podemos	View Paper Details
The Czech Green Party and its Electoral Support: A Real Post-Materialism in the Czech Republic?	View Paper Details
Between Milieu and Vacuum: Organizational and Programmatic Development and Electoral Strategy of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) Reexamined	View Paper Details
Electoral Stabilisation of Political Parties as Assumption of Successful Institutionalization	View Paper Details
New Political Parties Through the Voter´s Eyes	View Paper Details