Cleavages, Institutions and Competition

In a time where party changes on different levels and the emergence of new parties are characterizing European politics, the author analyses and explains the territorial structuring of party support in Western Europe over the last fifty years, thanks to a rich and original dataset. The result is this book that any scholar, student, and practitioner of contemporary politics should read and ponder carefully. -- Leonardo Morlino, International Political Science Association (IPSA)

This in-depth analysis of vote nationalization in the Western European democracies provides a much needed clarification of the concept and a comprehensive and systematic explanation of its patterns of variation. In this regard, it makes significant theoretical and empirical contributions and will be a precious source for anyone involved in the study of elections, parties and party systems -- Alessandro Chiaramonte, University of Florence

Vincenzo Emanuele is Post-doctoral Fellow in Political Science at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome. He is a member of CISE (Italian Centre for Electoral Studies), ITANES (Italian National Election Studies), and of the CES (Conference of the Europeanists) Research Network on Political Parties, Party Systems and Elections.