This paper is an update and completion of a previous article (Bardi, 1996) on parties and the party system in the EU and on the institutional and political factors that affect their development. Its purpose is to extend that study based on an analysis of the EP party system between 1989 and 1994 to the EP's full elected existence (1979-1997). The paper tests hypotheses on the contrasting effects of a) institutional pressures within the European Parliament, and b) EP elections on the transnationalization of European parties and on the evolution of the EU party system. According to findings based on the in-depth analysis carried out in the 1989-1994 study, institutional factors (which are effective during the EP's legislative terms) favor the...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
This paper is an update and completion of a previous article (Bardi, 1996) on parties and the party ...
This article looks at the development of the two main features of the party system in the European P...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations d...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations d...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
This paper is an update and completion of a previous article (Bardi, 1996) on parties and the party ...
This article looks at the development of the two main features of the party system in the European P...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
During the last few decades, it is almost impossible to envision political system of European countr...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
The standard version of the European Union 'democratic deficit' maintains that genuine pan-European ...
Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations d...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations d...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...
Over the last decades, Western European party systems have experienced growing levels of electoral v...