Staying in the first league: parliamentary representation and the electoral success of small parties

Why are some small parties successful whereas others wither away? Despite the voluminous literature on parties and party families, we have a limited understanding of what explains small party success. Most studies tend to emphasize the role of social cleavages and electoral systems. Instead, we prop...

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Main Authors: Dinas, E, Riera, P, Roussias, N
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015