How Parties Die? Political Parties Change and Mortality in Western Democracies

• In Event: JSS: Comparative Parties and Interest Groups

Brief Overview

Over 70% of political parties disappear from parliament, either through dissolution, split, or merge into another party. This paper uses a multi-state duration model to study the dynamics of party chance and mortality in parliamentary systems.

Authors

• Anam Siddiq Kuraishi, University of Essex

• Philip James Swatton, University of Essex

• Roi Zur, University of Essex