1st Edition

Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies

Edited By Steven B Wolinetz Copyright 1988
349 Pages
by Routledge

349 Pages
by Routledge

349 Pages
by Routledge

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.... Read more

New Preface List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Preface 1. Introduction: Party Systems and How They Change Steven B. Wolinetz 2. The French Party System in the 1980s Frank L. Wilson 3. Italy: The Long Twilight of the DC Regime G. Grant Amyot 4. Party System Transformations in the Federal Republic of Germany William M. Chandler 5. The Austrian Party System: Continuity and Change Frederick C. Engelmann 6. Stability and Change in the Belgian Party System Maureen Covell 7. The Netherlands: Continuity and Change in a Fragmented Party System Steven B. Wolinetz 8. Continuity and Change in the Scandinavian Party Systems Eric S. Einhorn and John Logue 9. Continuity and Change in Britain George Breckenridge 10. Ireland: From Predominance to Competition R. K. Carty 11. The Canadian Paradox: Party System Stability in the Face of a Weakly Aligned Electorate Herman Bakvis 12. The United States: A Comparative View Steven B. Wolinetz 13. Party System Change: Past, Present and Future Steven B. Wolinetz Index

Biography

Steven B. Wolinetz