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The book provides an analytical framework of party institutionalisation which is applied in a comparative study of two right-wing protest parties in Denmark and Norway.
This edited collection builds directly upon the recently published book by Harmel, Svåsand, and Mjelde (Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway) and applies their conceptual framework to a wide range of additional cases. Employing a common conceptual framework throughout, the chapters cover a broad range of cases and make important contributions toward building theories on why some parties succeed in institutionalising while others fail. The book is primarily about the status some parties achieve as an 'institution', the means by which parties may acquire that status, and some of the obstacles that stand in their way.
A unique inquiry into the long-term prospects for political parties
In part as a response to the weakness of political parties, international assistance to political parties has gradually become a more significant element in support programmes for democratic processes and institutions. But international party support also brings new challenges for party institutionalisation in new democracies. In order to shed light on the complex relationship between international party finance and party institutionalisation, this paper assesses the role of party assistance from the perspective of providers of international party support as well as the recipients of support. The empirical analysis is focussed around the Netherland Institute of Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) an...