Title:Europe as an Issue Dimension in the Party Politics of the Central East European Candidate States
Author(s):STRATULAT, CorinaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis focuses on political party discourses and developments vis-à-vis European integration in the former CEE candidate states for EU membership, with particular attention to the case of Romania. Exploring the domestic ...
Title:The Structuring Effect of Electoral Competition
Author(s):WEBER, TillDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Democratic politics are structured by elections. Governments come and go, campaigns come and go, policies come and go, and so forth. In representative democracy, the mere existence of elections strongly alters the behavior ...
Title:The Institutionalization of Party Systems in East Central Europe: Explaining variation
Author(s):CASAL BÉRTOA, FernandoDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation aims at providing an answer to the question of how party system institutionalization occurs and why it varies so much across countries, through a comparative analysis of the process of party system ...