Sources of success: new and newest parties

Abstract

Where does the support for new parties come from, how do they compete against existing parties, and why do only a few new parties endure? The papers in this panel explore these questions, shining a spotlight on key aspects of new party success or failure such media coverage, institutional arrangements and the multi-level nature of politics. Moreover, some papers focus on specific cases such as a new party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, in one of Europe’s traditionally more stable party systems (Germany), and another once new party, GERB in Bulgaria, that has managed to endure in one of Europe’s most volatile party systems.

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Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Finally a New Player in the German Party Landscape?	View Paper Details
New Parties and Their Media Coverage: An Experimental Study of Media Practitioners in Italy	View Paper Details
What Makes a New Political Party Endure in Bulgaria? Formal Organizations and Informal Networks	View Paper Details
Types of multilevel systems and new party entry: Assessing the impact of institutional opportunity structures	View Paper Details
Bridging the Gap between Traditional Left and Populist Right: Who Supports Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht in Germany?	View Paper Details