Introduction / Pierre Ostiguy, Benjamin Moffitt, and Francisco Panizza -- Populism, hegemony and the political construction of "the people" : a discursive approach / Francisco Panizza and Yannis Stavrakakis -- Who would identify with an "empty signifier"? : the relational, performative approach...

"Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students...

Generally speaking, the effects of international political party assistance are viewed nega-tively, or at least controversially. This study attributes some of the shortcomings of political party aid to the poor relationship between assistance providers and political science party research. They...

Studien über die institutionellen Determinanten innerstaatlicher Gewalt legen nahe, dass die Präsenz multipler politischer Parteien das Konfliktpotential innerhalb der Länder reduziert. Es wird behauptet, dass Parteien oppositionelle Gruppierungen in eine institutionalisierte politische Arena...