Party systems at the European union’s doorstep: Party system structuration and dimensionality in the Western Balkans

Adea Gafuri, Jacob R. Gunderson, Jesper Lindqvist, Programme on European and Global Politics, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science, Lund University and University of Gothenburg

Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations

Published online on May 20, 2026

Abstract

Party Politics, Ahead of Print.
Although consisting of EU (potential) candidate countries, the Western Balkan Six (WB6: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) remain largely absent from the study of party politics. Mapping the dominant lines of ...