Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies
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Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
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Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies

About this book

First published in 1988, Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies considers the extent and ways in which Western European and North American parties and party systems changed in the 1970s and 1980s after decades of relative stability. It examines changes in the nature and organisation of parties and relates this to changes in electoral behaviour and to wider social and economic change. It concentrates on political parties as actors and the ways in which they maintain themselves and respond to the moves and gambits of both established and newer parties and to the increasingly numerous and vociferous single interest pressure groups. One important argument put forward is that many social and economic changes have had a minimal impact because established parties have been able to adapt by redefining issues in their favour and have also been able to rely on residual support and access to patronage. This engaging volume will have strong appeal for courses in political science, government, political behaviour and history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Preface
  8. Table of Contents
  9. List of Tables
  10. List of Figure
  11. Notes On Contributors
  12. Preface
  13. 1. Introduction: Party Systems and How They Change
  14. 2. The French Party System in the 1980s
  15. 3. Italy: The Long Twilight of the DC Regime
  16. 4. Party System Transformations in the Federal Republic of Germany
  17. 5. The Austrian Party System: Continuity and Change
  18. 6. Stability and Change in the Belgian Party System
  19. 7. The Netherlands: Continuity and Change in a Fragmented Party System
  20. 8. Continuity and Change in the Scandinavian Party Systems
  21. 9. Continuity and Change in Britain
  22. 10. Ireland: From Predominance to Competition
  23. 11. The Canadian Paradox: Party System Stability in the Face of a Weakly Aligned Electorate
  24. 12. The United States: A Comparative View
  25. 13. Party System Change: Past, Present and Future
  26. Index