Party Transformations In European Democracies

Author : André Krouwel
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438444833

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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 : Petr Kopecký,Peter Mair,Maria Spirova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199599370

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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 : Sebastian Bukow,Uwe Jun
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658289881

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Continuity and Change of Party Democracies in Europe by Sebastian Bukow,Uwe Jun Pdf

This special issue of the German Political Science Quarterly addresses the transformation and the sustainability of European party democracies, both at the level of party organization as well as party systems and competition. The contributions in this volume are dedicated to these areas of change of European party democracies from different perspectives. It shows which new dynamics of change can be stated and how they can be explained.

Author : Consortium européen de recherches en sciences politiques
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 0191741515

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Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies by Consortium européen de recherches en sciences politiques 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.

Author : Vít Hloušek,Lubomír Kopecek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317085027

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Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties by Vít Hloušek,Lubomír Kopecek Pdf

Two decades have passed since the transition to democracy began in Eastern Europe. Today, West and East-Central European countries share a common political space - the European Union. This has created a fascinating opportunity for analysis of the similarities and differences between these countries. Here, Vít Hloušek and Lubomír Kopecek critically apply the party-families approach to political parties in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. With chapters devoted to social democrats, greens, the far right and left amongst many others, this book charts the parties' origins, ideologies, and international ties alongside their Western European counterparts. By examining the political relevance of different party families, Hloušek and Kopecek are able to assess the validity of this typology in the analysis of the transformation of political parties in this region. Detailed analysis coupled with an innovative application of the party families approach, makes this essential reading for students of party politics.

Author : Richard Rose,Neil Munro
Publisher : ECPR Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 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 : Maurizio Cotta,Heinrich Best
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199234202

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Democratic Representation in Europe by Maurizio Cotta,Heinrich Best Pdf

This book contributes to a better understanding of relations between social and political change, and the importance of institutional factors in shaping the political elites of European democracies. It helps to substantiate theoretical debates in the social and political sciences on issues such as historical institutionalism and path dependency.

Author : Knut Heidar,Ruud Koole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134594757

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Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies by Knut Heidar,Ruud Koole Pdf

The partisan groups in parliament form the link between mass suffrage, parties and parliaments, and are generally accepted today as necessary instruments of parliamentary business. Parliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different countries and in the European parliament.

Author : Ferdinand Muller-Rommel,Fernando Casal Bértoa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,5 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 : Kurt Richard Luther,Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199253226

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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 western European political parties is exceptionally large, 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 as Corporate Actors; Parties and Society; Parties and the State and Parties Beyond the Nation State. Each contributor not only provides a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art' in respect of a specific aspect, but also reviews the latest empirical findings in that area.

Author : Herbert Kitschelt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052145106X

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The Transformation of European Social Democracy by Herbert Kitschelt Pdf

This book explains the contrasting strategies of social democratic parties and their electoral fortunes in the major European democracies in the 1970s and 1980s. Going beyond approaches that focus on the influence of class structures and political economic institutions, Herbert Kitschelt analyzes a party's competitive situation in the electoral arena, the constraints and opportunities of party organization, and ideological legacies to explain the strategic choices made by social democratic parties and their electoral results. Social democracy is far from being doomed to decline, but its success depends on its ability to transform its political message and construct new electoral coalitions.

Author : Tim Haughton,Kevin Deegan-Krause
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192542274

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The New Party Challenge by Tim Haughton,Kevin Deegan-Krause Pdf

Why do some parties live fast and die young, but other endure? And why are some party systems more stable than others? Based on a blend of data derived from both qualitative and quantitative sources, The New Party Challenge develops new tools for mapping and measuring party systems, and develops conceptual frameworks to analyse the dynamics of party politics, particularly the birth and death of parties. In addition to highlighting the importance of agency and choice in explaining the fate of parties, the book underlines the salience of the clean versus corrupt dimension of politics, charts the flow of voters in the new party subsystem, and emphasizes the dimension of time and its role in shaping developments. The New Party Challenge not only provides the first systematic book length study of political parties across Central Europe in the three decades since the 1989 revolutions, charting and explaining the patterns of politics in that region, it also highlights that similar processes are at play on a far wider geographical canvas. The book concludes by reflecting on what the dynamics of party politics, especially the emergence of so many new parties, means for the health and quality of democracy, and what could and should be done.

Author : Luciano Bardi,Stefano Bartolini,Alexander H. Treschel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317541851

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The Role of Parties in Twenty-First Century Politics by Luciano Bardi,Stefano Bartolini,Alexander H. Treschel Pdf

For a long time analyses of political parties were framed within the usual context of democracy and of the historical transformation of the forms of democratic government. More recently several authors, among which eminently Peter Mair, progressively began to question the relationship between the normative definition of democratic government and the actual operation of parties. These new concerns are well epitomized by the tension between ‘responsiveness’ and ‘responsibility’ that gives the title to this book. While classic democratic theory sees as desirable that parties in government (and in opposition, too) are sympathetically responsive to their supporters first and more generally to public opinion and, at the same time, responsible toward the internal and international systemic constraints and compatibilities, these two roles seem to have become more difficult to reconcile and even increasingly incompatible. The chapters of this book explore the tensions between responsiveness and responsibility decomposing the international sources from the domestic sources and discussing the options and the possibilities for political parties to continue to play the role of provider of political stability in rapidly changing domestic and international environments. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Author : Yvette Peters,Michaël Tatham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317328667

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Democratic Transformations in Europe by Yvette Peters,Michaël Tatham Pdf

Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. This book contributes to the analysis and understanding of how democratic states have transformed over time by examining a number of challenges and opportunities that they face. With a focus on ‘Europe 31’, understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often remain disconnected in political science narratives. Looking at citizen–state relations, the restructuring of politics and institutions of the state, and developments which reach 'beyond and below' the state, it interrogates a variety of issues ranging from the decline of parties or the re-emergence of nationalism as a political force, to liberal challenges to social democracy, terrorist threats, and climate change. The book combines these different dimensions into a comprehensive overview of the state of contemporary democracy, its challenges and opportunities, and its dynamic capacity to adapt. In other words, it deals with the perpetual threats to and transformations of democracy, and the state’s ability to protect and strengthen its democratic attributes. This text will be of key interest to scholars of European Politics, Comparative Politics, and Democracy Studies.

Author : Knut Heidar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:847413076

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Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies by Knut Heidar Pdf