This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise
of 'new challenger parties' across Western Europe. It analyses how
parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing
issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail.
Systematically comparing 229 elections since 1950 across 15
European democracies, including the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, Italy, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries, this book
questions why new challenger parties are more successful in some
countries than others, and analyses the conditions that determine
their emergence and subsequent success or failure. As one of the
first systematic and comparative examinations of new challenger
parties, this book looks at both new politics parties and
extreme-right parties, and the structures to aid their emergence at
the time of an election. Identifying two distinctive stages of
party development, the author adopts a 'double-hurdle' model
involving, first, the chances of emergence, and second, sustained
success. This framework, in combination with a wide-range of
empirical data, provides for an innovative and insightful analysis
of a neglected topic. New Challenger Parties in Western Europe will
be of interest to students and scholars of government, comparative
politics and political parties.
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