Table of Contents

Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Party Models 2. Measuring Party Change 3. On the Origin of Species 4. Electoral Transformation of Parties 5. Ideological Transformation of Parties 6. Organizational Transformation of European Parties 7. Cartel Failure and Populist Success Appendix 1. West European Political Parties Included in this Study Appendix 2. Variable List Appendix 3. New Parties in Europe References Index

About the Author

Andre Krouwel is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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