Parties And Elections In New European Democracies

Author : Richard Rose,Neil Munro
Publisher : ECPR Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780955820328

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Parties and Elections in New European Democracies by Richard Rose,Neil Munro Pdf

The abrupt transformation of one-party Communist regimes into political systems holding competitive elections challenges theories of democracy by evolution. Part One develops an inter-active model of how the supply of parties by political elites shapes the responses of inexperienced electors, and what this means for the institutionalisation of party systems and party identification. The model is then applied to elections since 1990 in ten Central and East European democracies that are now members of the European Union. Part Two provides a definitive and up to date text of election results and the formation and disappearance of parties in these ten countries. In addition, there is a lengthy chapter on elections in Russia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:756259870

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Parties and Elections in New European Democracies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Rose,Neil Munro
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111800848

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Elections and Parties in New European Democracies by Richard Rose,Neil Munro Pdf

A systematic comparison of electoral systems, parties and voting in 11 new European democracies, including comparisons with established democracies such as Britain. It includes basic socio-demographic data, and information about the degree of freedom and fairness in each political system.

Author : André Krouwel
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438444819

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Party Transformations in European Democracies by André Krouwel Pdf

Political parties regularly change and adapt in response to ever-changing circumstances. Until now these changes have frequently prompted both scholars and the media to suggest a whole new type of political party, and over time the number of models and types has proliferated to the point of confusion, contradiction, and a loss of explanatory power. In this sophisticated yet accessible study, André Krouwel rejects this mélange of models as inadequate. He utilizes a wide range of data sources to analyze the ideological, organizational, and electoral change undergone by more than one hundred European parties in fifteen different countries, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, between 1945 and 2010. The result is one of the most comprehensive empirically grounded studies to date of the genesis, development, and transformation of political parties in advanced democratic states.

Author : Lynda Lee Kaid
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1560727535

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Television and Politics in Evolving European Democracies by Lynda Lee Kaid Pdf

Throughout the world, television has become an important part of the way in which political candidates and parties present their messages to voters during election campaigns. This is particularly true in campaigns at the national level where voters have little personal contact with candidates and must rely on experiencing candidates through the media. Despite the importance of the media for voter-government interaction, however, many new reform governments in the post-communist era in Eastern European countries failed to appreciate the demands of creating workable new media systems.

Author : J. Blondel,F. Müller-Rommel,D. Malová
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230800595

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Governing New European Democracies by J. Blondel,F. Müller-Rommel,D. Malová Pdf

Governing New European Democracies is a fully comparative study of decision-making processes in the cabinets of ten post-communist countries of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. It is based on interviews collected from over 300 ministers. This book provides the first comprehensive panorama of life in cabinet governments.

Author : Hans Keman,Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415617741

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Party Government in the New Europe by Hans Keman,Ferdinand Müller-Rommel Pdf

This study presents comparative analyses of the process of party governance, from formation and duration to performance. It compares both the developments in the Eastern and Western part of Europe and uses different types of methods and data are used for comparative analysis.

Author : Petr Kopecký,Peter Mair,Maria Spirova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191611483

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Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies by Petr Kopecký,Peter Mair,Maria Spirova Pdf

Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe. Based on an extensive new data gathered through expert interviews in fifteen European countries, this book offers the first systematic comparative assessment of the scale of party patronage and its role in sustaining modern party governments. Among the key findings are: First, patronage appointments tend to be increasingly dominated by the party in public office rather than being used or controlled by the party organization outside parliament. Second, rather than using appointments as rewards, as used to be the case in more clientelistic systems in the past, parties are now more likely to emphasize appointments that can help them to manage the infrastructure of government and the state. In this way patronage becomes an organizational rather than an electoral resource. Third, patronage appointments are increasingly sourced from channels outside of the party, thus helping to make parties look increasingly like network organizations, primarily constituted by their leaders and their personal and political hinterlands. Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr The Comparative Politics series is edited by Professor David M. Farrell, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Kenneth Carty, Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia, and Professor Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Institute of Political Science, Philipps University, Marburg.

Author : Alan Renwick,Jean-Benoît Pilet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199685042

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Faces on the Ballot by Alan Renwick,Jean-Benoît Pilet Pdf

The authors propose a volume which will explore the reasons for, and consequences of, the increasing personalisation of electoral systems.

Author : Alison F. Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030417963

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Political Party Membership in New Democracies by Alison F. Smith Pdf

This book explores the impact of electoral rules on political party development in Central and East Europe. It finds that ‘high district magnitude’ proportional electoral systems encourage centralised organisational development and campaigning – where communication with voters is conducted primarily via mass, social and digital media – while small electoral districts stimulate grassroots campaigning. As a result, low magnitude electoral systems are more likely to create an active role for party members, stimulating membership recruitment. The book further examines how parties organise and campaign on the ground. The analysis of in-depth surveys and interviews with party elites in Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia sheds light on areas of party life that are rarely examined, including party fundraising. Overall, the effects of electoral systems on party organisation and campaigning reflect patterns previously observed in Western Europe, demonstrating that a degree of convergence has occurred.

Author : Council of Europe. Directorate General of Political Affairs
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287158123

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Reflections on the Future of Democracy in Europe by Council of Europe. Directorate General of Political Affairs Pdf

This publication contains papers presented at a conference, held in November 2004 in Barcelona and organised by the Council of Europe. The purpose of the conference (held to mark the end of the three-year integrated project "Making democratic institutions work") was to discuss issues relating to the challenges and opportunities facing governments in Europe to strengthen democratic reform and encourage greater public participation. Topics covered include: promoting inclusive elections; financing of political parties; popular initiatives and referendums; and how modern communication technologies can affect the democratic process.

Author : Ferdinand Muller-Rommel,Fernando Casal Bértoa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317627067

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Party Politics and Democracy in Europe by Ferdinand Muller-Rommel,Fernando Casal Bértoa Pdf

This edited collection, in honour of the late political scientist Peter Mair, contains original chapters that are directly linked to his theoretical and/or methodological ideas and approaches. Peter Mair demonstrated that political parties have traditionally been central actors in European politics and an essential focus of comparative European political science. Though the nature of political parties and the manner in which they operate has been subject to significant change in recent decades, parties remain a crucial factor in the working of European liberal democracies. This volume analyses recent developments and current challenges that European parties, party systems and democracy face. The volume will be of key interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, democracy studies, political parties, and European politics and European Union studies.

Author : P. Nikiforos Diamandouros,Richard Gunther
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801865174

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Parties, Politics, and Democracy in the New Southern Europe by P. Nikiforos Diamandouros,Richard Gunther Pdf

In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single "Southern European model" has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe. Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens • Richard Gunther, Ohio State University • Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey • Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego • Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence • Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University • José R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid • Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia • Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste • Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna • Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens • Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main • Anna Bosco, University of Trieste

Author : P. Nikiforos Diamandouros,Richard Gunther
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801865182

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Parties, Politics, and Democracy in the New Southern Europe by P. Nikiforos Diamandouros,Richard Gunther Pdf

In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single "Southern European model" has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe. Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens • Richard Gunther, Ohio State University • Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey • Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego • Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence • Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University • José R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid • Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia • Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste • Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna • Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens • Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main • Anna Bosco, University of Trieste

Author : Kurt Richard Luther,Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199283982

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Political Parties in the New Europe by Kurt Richard Luther,Ferdinand Müller-Rommel Pdf

The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by West European political parties is exceptionally great, threatening the viability of the manner in which they have traditionally operated and causing them to seek new behaviours and strategies. This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics, whose evaluation of political parties in 'the new Europe' is organised under four broad headings: 'Parties and Society'; 'Parties as Purposive Organizations'; 'Parties and National Government' and 'Parties, the Nation State, and Beyond'. The contributors review the latest empirical findings and provide a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art'. They also highlight the analytical challenges confronting party researchers and suggest new avenues for party research.