Political Parties

The 2010 general election caught many by surprise as it swept away the old certainties of two-party politics. But, as Stephen Driver shows in this ...

What do we really mean when we say a political party has changed? And exactly what is it that drives that change? Political scientists working in t...

In 1963 Richard Hofstadter published his landmark book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Today, Matt Lewis argues, America's inclination towar...

Although Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamic political party, regularly holds conferences from Jakarta to Ramallah attended by tens of tho...

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation. Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the ...

'This biography of a very important Republican woman is a vital contribution to the historical scholarship on women's partisan activism in the late...

With exclusive access to the Haughey archives, Gary Murphy presents a reassessment of Charles Haugheys life and legacy.   Saint or sinner? He was...

Since the end of WWI, one party has held the momentum of political and social change in south Wales: the Labour Party. Its triumph was never fully ...

Despite winning the December 2019 General Election, the Conservative parliamentary party is a moribund organisation. It no longer speaks for, or ...

In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt R...

In From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left, Mick OReilly shares his experiences as a politician and trade unionist and his unwavering thoughts ...