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Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey (2016)
Journal Article
Casal Bertoa, F., & Bourne, A. (2017). Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey. European Journal of Political Research, 56(2), 440-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12179

© 2016 European Consortium for Political Research When democracies ban political parties, one of the central issues that usually emerges in both public and academic debate concerns the effects of proscription. Some argue that proscription may lead to... Read More about Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey.

Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy (2016)
Journal Article
Casal Bértoa, F. (2017). Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy. West European Politics, 40(2), 402-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2016.1216921

No matter the region of the world under study, party (system) institutionalisation has been traditionally considered to be a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for the survival of democracy. Despite being one of the most quoted statements in th... Read More about Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy.