Political parties and interest groups : shaping democratic governance / edited by Clive S. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Clive S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties.

Pressure groups.

Democracy.

Comparative government.

Physical Description:

xi, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Political parties & interest groups

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

Contents:

Studying the political party-interest group relationship / Clive S. Thomas

Britain : change and continuity within the new realities of British politics / Grant Jordan, William A. Maloney

France : party-group relations in the shadow of the State / Andrew Appleton

Sweden : weakening links between political parties and interest organizations / Anders Widfeldt

The United States : the paradox of loose party-group ties in the context of American political development / Clive S. Thomas

Germany : the continuing dominance of neocorporatism / Winand Gellner, John D. Robertson

Italy : the erosion and demise of party dominance / John Constantelos

Israel : the end of integration / Yael Yishai

Japan : strong state, spectator democracy, and modified corporatism / Ronald J. Hrebenar

Spain : changing party-group relations in a new democracy / Kerstin Hamann

The Czech Republic : party dominance in a transitional system / Robert K. Evanson, Thomas M. Magstadt

Poland : parties, movements, groups, and ambiguity / David Ost

Argentina : parties and interests operating separately by design and in practice / Diane E. Johnson

Mexico : the end of party corporatism? / Jonathan Rosenberg

Toward a systematic understanding of party-group relations in liberal democracies / Clive S. Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.

ISBN:

1555879780

OCLC:

44794901