Knut Heidar

Ruud Koole

The partisan groups in parliament form the link between mass suffrage, parties and parliaments, and are generally accepted today as necessary instruments of parliamentary business. Parliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different countries and in the European parliament.

Political Parties Behind Closed Doors

Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies

Elin Haugsgjerd Allern

Rune Karlsen

This book shows that the decline of parties as membership organizations does not necessarily mean that parties have decayed as channels for representation in democracies. Possible explanations can be found in party competition for votes and in other aspects of party organizations.

Knut Heidar

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