Center-Right Political Parties in Advanced Democracies

@article{Gidron2019CenterRightPP,
  title={Center-Right Political Parties in Advanced Democracies},
  author={Noam Gidron and Daniel Ziblatt},
  journal={Annual Review of Political Science},
  year={2019}
}
This review proposes a comparative research agenda on center-right parties in advanced democracies, bringing together research in American and comparative politics. Political scientists have recently closely examined the decline of the center-left and the rise of the radical right but have paid less attention to the weakening of center-right parties. Yet cohesive center-right parties have facilitated political stability and compromises, while their disintegration has empowered radical… 
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