Political parties : old concepts and new challenges
Several of the world's leading scholars present critical analyses (both conceptual and empirical) of important substantive themes on political parties in contemporary democracies. They critically re-examine the classic concepts and typologies that have guided research in this field over the past decades, and explore new challenges faced by parties today.
estudios y conferencias
xvii, 361 p.
9780199246748, 9780198296690, 0199246742, 019829669X
644778764
Introduction : reviewing and reassessing parties / José Ramón Montero, Richard Gunther
Parties : denied, dismissed, or redundant? A critique / Hans Daalder
Still the age of catch-allism? Volksparteien and Parteienstaat in crisis and re-equilibration / Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Electoral and party competition : analytical dimensions and empirical problems / Stefano Bartolini
The ascendancy of the party in public office : party organizational change in twentieth-century democracies / Richard S. Katz, Peter Mair
Beyond the catch-all party : approaches to the study of parties and party organization in contemporary democracies / Steven B. Wolinetz
Party organization and party performance : the case of the French Socialist Party / Serenella Sferza
Crisis of institutionalization : the collapse of the UCD in Spain / Richard Gunther, Jonathan Hopkin
Party government, patronage, and party decline in Western Europe / Jean Blondel
Anti-party sentiments in Southern Europe / Mariano Torcal, Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero
Parties in contemporary democracies : problems and paradoxes / Juan J. Linz