Complexity in the European party space in the 21st Century

• In Event: Parties and Party Systems in a Changing Europe

Brief Overview

Does the issue space in European polities reduce to 1, 2, or more dimensions? We advance our understanding of European political contestation by mapping dimensionality across 24 countries and 20 years using CHES data.

Authors

• Seth Jolly, Syracuse University

• Ryan Bakker, University of Essex

• Jonathan Polk, Lund University