Why do Political Parties Fail?
- Institution: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
- Year of publication: 2013
- Source: Show
- Pages: 9-18
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2013.40.01
- PDF: apsp/40/apsp4001.pdf
An analytical Framework to identify the general causes of party decline and collapse in Eastern and Central Europe is developed in this article. The causes of a parties failure are divided into those connected with its institutionalization (internal and external) and those independent of the party.