Political Parties and Electoral Change: Party Responses to Electoral Markets / Edition 1

by Peter Mair, Wolfgang Müller, Fritz Plasser

Overview

This book provides a comparative overview and account of how the parties in Western Europe have perceived contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment and how they have responded - whether organizationally, programmatically, or institutionally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761947196
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/09/2004
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - Peter Mair, Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser
Electoral Challenges and Party Responses
Party Responses to the Changing Electoral Market in Britain - Paul Webb
Ephemeral Victories? France's Governing Parties, the Ecologists, and the Far Right - Andrew Knapp
Embracing Dealignment, Combating Realignment - Susan E Scarrow
German Parties Respond
Party Responses to Electoral Dealignment in Italy - Luciano Bardi
Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in Austria - Wolfgang C M[um]uller, Fritz Plasser and Peter A Ulram
Weakness as an Advantage and Strength as a Handicap
Political Parties and Their Reactions to the Erosion of Voter Loyalty in Belgium - Kris Deschouwer
Caught in a Trap
Electoral Fortunes and Responses of the Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party in Denmark - Lars Bille and Karina Pedersen
Ups and Downs
Political Parties in Electoral Markets in Postwar Ireland - Peter Mair and Michael Marsh
Conclusion - Peter Mair, Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser
Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets