Political entrepreneurs: the rise of challenger parties in Europe

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Argument in Brief -- Dominant and Challenger Parties -- Plan of the Book -- PART I. POLITICAL CHANGE IN EUROPE -- 1 The Rise of Challenger Parties -- Who Are the Challengers? -- Waves of Challenger Parties -- The Rise of Challenger Parties -- Conclusion -- 2 A Theory of Political Change -- Patterns of Party Competition in Western Europe -- Political Change: Between Dominance and Innovation -- Sources of Market Dominance -- Innovation of Political Entrepreneurs -- The Potential for Political Transformation -- Conclusion -- PART II. DOMINANCE -- 3 Voter Loyalty -- Barriers to Entry for Challenger Parties -- Shrinking Party Membership -- The Decline of Party Identification -- The Rise of Electoral Volatility -- The Barriers to Entry in Denmark and the United Kingdom -- Conclusion -- 4 Strategies of Dominance -- Distinctive Convergence -- Issue Avoidance -- Competence -- Conclusion -- PART III. INNOVATION -- 5 Issue Entrepreneurship -- Issue Entrepreneurship -- The Importance of Appropriability -- Examining Issue Entrepreneurship -- The Issue Entrepreneurship of Challenger Parties -- Case Studies of Issue Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion -- 6 Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- The Nature of Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- Who Employs Antiestablishment Rhetoric? -- Measuring Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- The Antiestablishment Rhetoric of Challenger Parties -- A Case Study of Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- PART IV. TRANSFORMATION -- 7 Changing Voter Appeal -- Voter Appeal -- The Electoral Effects of Innovation -- Conclusion -- 8 Representation and Government -- Representation -- The Mobilizing Effect of the Alternative for Germany -- Government -- Government Formation in Belgium -- A Fragile Government in the Netherlands -- Conclusion -- 9 Future Scenarios.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Argument in Brief -- Dominant and Challenger Parties -- Plan of the Book -- PART I. POLITICAL CHANGE IN EUROPE -- 1 The Rise of Challenger Parties -- Who Are the Challengers? -- Waves of Challenger Parties -- The Rise of Challenger Parties -- Conclusion -- 2 A Theory of Political Change -- Patterns of Party Competition in Western Europe -- Political Change: Between Dominance and Innovation -- Sources of Market Dominance -- Innovation of Political Entrepreneurs -- The Potential for Political Transformation -- Conclusion -- PART II. DOMINANCE -- 3 Voter Loyalty -- Barriers to Entry for Challenger Parties -- Shrinking Party Membership -- The Decline of Party Identification -- The Rise of Electoral Volatility -- The Barriers to Entry in Denmark and the United Kingdom -- Conclusion -- 4 Strategies of Dominance -- Distinctive Convergence -- Issue Avoidance -- Competence -- Conclusion -- PART III. INNOVATION -- 5 Issue Entrepreneurship -- Issue Entrepreneurship -- The Importance of Appropriability -- Examining Issue Entrepreneurship -- The Issue Entrepreneurship of Challenger Parties -- Case Studies of Issue Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion -- 6 Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- The Nature of Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- Who Employs Antiestablishment Rhetoric? -- Measuring Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- The Antiestablishment Rhetoric of Challenger Parties -- A Case Study of Antiestablishment Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- PART IV. TRANSFORMATION -- 7 Changing Voter Appeal -- Voter Appeal -- The Electoral Effects of Innovation -- Conclusion -- 8 Representation and Government -- Representation -- The Mobilizing Effect of the Alternative for Germany -- Government -- Government Formation in Belgium -- A Fragile Government in the Netherlands -- Conclusion -- 9 Future Scenarios.

"The years since the financial crisis have been marked by a remarkable stability in national government which hides the impact of a new kind of issue based politics which has arisen with parties such as Podemos in Spain, Srizia in Greece, The National Front in France and UKiP in the UK, all of whom have had a significant influence in shaping the political agenda in their own countries even if they have not actually secured formal power. This is the first book to present a rigorous yet accessible analysis of this phenomenon, grounded in the theories and methods of quantitative political science but drawing on empirical insights and theory from political psychology and sociology as well to try to understand the similarities and differences in the circumstances that have lead to these parties springing up and shaping political discourse and even policy to an extent that has challenged the very existence of the traditional party system."--