Parties’ Genetic Features: The Missing Link in the Presidentialization of Parties

Since the 1970s–1980s, "advanced" democracies have experienced an undoubted increase in the level of centralization of political power in — lato sensu — executive hands. This has meant that the head of government and party leadership as a whole has become more prominent, to the detriment of mid-level political actors and institutions, such as party cadres and parliament. As a consequence, scholars have started referring to centralization, personalization, prime-ministerialization, and even to the presidentialization of politics.KeywordsPolitical PartyGenetic FeaturePresidential RegimeRegime TypeElectoral CampaignThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.