1st Edition

Party Government in the New Europe

Edited By Hans Keman, Ferdinand Muller-Rommel Copyright 2012
280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies. The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly contested. In some cases, it has even challenge the democratic quality of the state. This book... Read more

I Changing patterns of party government  1. The Life Cycle of Party Government across the New Europe Hans Keman and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel  II Party government and democratic governance  2. Party Government and Parliamentary Democracy in the New Europe Ian Budge and Michael McDonald  3. Dimensions of Government Decision-Making Structures in OECD Countries Detlef Jahn  III Interaction of party government with parties and interest organizations  4. Party System Institutionalization across Time in Post-Communist Europe Fernando Casal Bertoa and Peter Mair  5. The Impact of Political Parties on Labour Relations: European Post-Communist Democracies in Comparative Perspective Klaus Armingeon  IV Party government and public policy  6. Political Parties and the Welfare State in Western and Post-Communist Democracies Manfred Schmidt  7. Party Government and Welfare State Reforms: A Configurational Approach Paul Pennings  V Research Perspectives, Data Developments and Conclusions  8. Enhancing and Improving Data on Party Government Jaap Woldendorp  9. Comparative Observations, Empirical Findings and Research Perspectives Ferdinand Müller-Rommel and Hans Keman

Biography

Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Comparative Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

Ferdinand Müller-Rommel is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.