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Party System Evolution

Party System Evolution is a theoretical construct in comparative politics that denotes the dynamic process through which the structure, composition, and functional patterns of political parties in a given polity systematically change over time in response to socio-political transformations, institutional arrangements, and electoral dynamics.

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Parties without partisans: political change in advanced industrial democracies

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 1.9K citations

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Political Parties: A Sociological Study of The Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy.

Gabriel A. Almond, Robert Michels, Eden Paul et al. · American Sociological Review · 1950 · 1.5K citations

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The Dynamics of European Party Systems: Changing Patterns of Electoral Volatility

Mogens N. Pedersen · European Journal of Political Research · 1979 · 1.2K citations

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Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America

Kenneth Maxwell, Scott Mainwaring, Timothy R. Scully · Foreign Affairs · 1995 · 1K citations

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Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America

Timothy J. Power · Hispanic American Historical Review · 1996 · 802 citations

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  1. PM
    Peter Mair

    Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

    12 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. JI
    John Ishiyama

    University of North Texas, United States

    10 publications · 560 citations

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  3. VE
    Vincenzo Emanuele

    Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy

    8 publications · 303 citations

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  4. VH
    Vlastimil Havlík

    Masaryk University, Czechia

    7 publications · 273 citations

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  5. FC
    Fernando Casal Bértoa

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 379 citations

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Institutions

414

  1. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    15 h-index

    17 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    482 citations

  5. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    277 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    269 citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 68 publications · 8.7K citations

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  2. Party Politics

    78 publications · 5.1K citations

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  3. West European Politics

    WEP · 55 publications · 4.1K citations

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  4. European Journal of Political Research

    31 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 34 publications · 1.9K citations

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