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Opposition Parties

Opposition Parties is a political science construct referring to organized political entities that compete for electoral office while formally challenging the policies and legitimacy of the ruling government, thereby fulfilling a critical accountability function within democratic systems.

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720

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A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics

Kathleen Bawn, Martin Cohen, David Karol et al. · Perspectives on Politics · 2012 · 848 citations

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Electoral authoritarianism: the dynamics of unfree competition

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 826 citations

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The Signs of Deconsolidation

Roberto Foa, Yascha Mounk · Journal of democracy · 2017 · 695 citations

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Who sets the agenda and who responds to it in the Danish parliament? A new model of issue competition and agenda‐setting

Christoffer Green‐Pedersen, Peter Bjerre Mortensen · European Journal of Political Research · 2009 · 522 citations

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The AfD: Finally a Successful Right-Wing Populist Eurosceptic Party for Germany?

Kai Arzheimer · West European Politics · 2015 · 520 citations

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Authors

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  1. TL
    Tom Louwerse

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    7 publications · 298 citations

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  2. ZS
    Zeynep Somer‐Topcu

    University of California, Davis, United States

    7 publications · 585 citations

    7

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  3. WC
    Wolfgang C. Müller

    University of Vienna, Austria

    7 publications · 378 citations

    7

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  4. SO
    Simon Otjes

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    6 publications · 199 citations

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  5. RV
    Rens Vliegenthart

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    6 publications · 576 citations

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Institutions

720

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    30 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    2K citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    2K citations

  4. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    657 citations

  5. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    917 citations

  6. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of Mannheim

    Mannheim, Germany

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    898 citations

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Venues

  1. Party Politics

    70 publications · 4.5K citations

    36

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  2. West European Politics

    WEP · 49 publications · 3.5K citations

    31

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  3. Democratization

    43 publications · 2.1K citations

    27

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  4. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 28 publications · 2.8K citations

    25

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  5. Journal of democracy

    37 publications · 3.5K citations

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