Hicken analyzes the formation of nationally oriented political parties in democracies and its variation across countries using a theory of aggregation incentive

This book generates a wealth of new empirical information about Latin American party systems and contributes richly to major theoretical debates about party sys

This book presents a new and conflict-centered theory of successful party-building, drawing on diverse cases from across Latin America.

A comparative study of the role of political parties and movements in the founding and survival of developing world democracies.

Why have seemingly similar African countries developed very different forms of democratic party systems? Despite virtually ubiquitous conditions that are assume