4 Papers
Darin Self is an academic researcher from Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Power (physics) & Institutionalisation. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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The V-Dem Party Institutionalization Index: a new global indicator (1900-2015)
TL;DR: The V-Dem Party Institutionalization Index (V-Dem Index) as mentioned in this paper measures the scope and depth of party institutionalization in a country every year by measuring the proportion of parties that reach a threshold of minimal institutionalization, while the linkages party establish with the masses and the elites define the depth.
Bounded Democratization: How Military-Party Relations Shape Military-Led Democratization
TL;DR: This paper found that when the institutionalization and strength of trusted parties decrease, the military proactively sets constraints on the developing political system and seeks to generate credible commitments through bounded democratization.
Why Populism? How Parties Shape the Electoral Fortune of Populists
Darin Self,Allen Hicken +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify three ways in which populist parties enter party systems and contest elections: populist entry, populist targeting and adaptation, and populist capture, and conclude that the prevalence of populism in a given party system is a function of both party institutionalization and electoral institutions.