When Parties Prosper : : The Uses of Electoral Success /

When Parties Prosper : : The Uses of Electoral Success / / ed. by Peter H. Merkl, Kay Lawson.

Have parties, and party systems, come back to life in the twenty-first century? Are they capable of playing their roles in ways that will foster rather than betray the public interest? These are among the questions explored in When Parties Prosper, a richly comparative, up-to-date, and accessible st...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Bösch, Frank,
Fukui, Haruhiro,
Haegel, Florence,
Joignant, Alfredo,
Kolodny, Robin,
Krupavičius, Algis,
Kubiak, Hieronim,
Kulik, Anatoly,
Lanzaro, Jorge,
Lawson, Kay,
Lazar, Marc,
Martinez, Mark A.,
McKay, David,
Merkl, Peter H.,
Möller, Tommy,
Navia, Patricio,
Pasquino, Gianfranco,
Paterson, William E.,
Sloam, James,
Yishai, Yael,
HerausgeberIn:
Lawson, Kay,
Merkl, Peter H.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2007
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (431 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1 Political Parties in the Twenty-First Century
  • PART 1 Parties on the Left
  • 2 Britain’s New Labour Party: Prospering in an Antiparty Climate
  • 3 Sweden: Still a Stable Party System?
  • 4 European Social Democracy: Failing Successfully
  • 5 Poland’s Democratic Left Alliance: Beyond Postcommunist Succession
  • 6 The Lithuanian Social Democrats: A Prosperous Postcommunist Party
  • 7 The Uruguayan Party System: Transition Within Transition
  • PART 2 Parties on the Right
  • 8 Germany’s Christian Democrats: Survivors in a Secular Society
  • 9 Japan: Why Parties Fail, Yet Survive
  • 10 Russia’s Political Parties: Deep in the Shadow of the President
  • 11 Mexico: Helping the Opposition Prosper
  • 12 Israel’s Shas: Party Prosperity and Dubious Democracy
  • 13 Chile: From Individual Politics to Party Militancy
  • PART 3 Comparing Opposing Parties
  • 14 Italy: A Tale of Two Parties
  • 15 France: Antisystem Parties vs. Government Parties
  • 16 The US Two-Party System: Using Power to Prosper
  • PART 4 Conclusions
  • 17 Becoming the Party of Government
  • 18 When Parties Dedemocratize
  • Acronyms
  • References
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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