Why are some challenges to the territorial unity of democratic states more tractable than others? Two main explanations have been advanced in the literature addressing the causes of secessionism. One focuses on the institutional reforms and government policies adopted in response to sub-national...

Many years after its emergence in the vocabulary of comparative politics, the label of ‘anti-system’ is still one of the most used to describe a party or group that exerts a radical form of opposition. However, the term has been used in an increasingly idiosyncratic manner, which...