Europeanising party politics? : Comparative perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Paul G. Lewis and Radoslaw Markowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Paul G.

Markowski, Radosław.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Political parties--Europe, Central.

Political parties.

Political parties--Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Political parties--European Union countries.

European Union countries.

Europe, Central--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe, Central.

Central Europe.

Politics and government.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This book is a comparative, empirically based study of party politics in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe that seeks to define the impact of European Union membership in this area. The question of Europeanisation has been intensively debated over recent years, but no firm conclusion has been reached. This collection of rigorously comparative contributions directs attention to a number of key areas in the attempt to isolate cases where Europe has made a difference.

Successive chapters examine how new parties are managed by the state and the ways in which parties colonise the state itself, the role of transnational cooperation and the influence pan-European parties have on national organisations. The book goes on to consider patterns of party-oriented participation in the new democracies and dimensions of electoral turnout, dimensions of inter-party competition and identification of the specific features of post-communist party politics, examination of the key case of the extreme right and the conditions under which it tends to emerge, detailed analysis of the quality of political representation in the new democratic context, and discussion of how Eu constraints are likely to undermine the prospects of stable party linkages. A conclusion seeks to establish how far Europe and EU policy has succeeded in influencing Central and East European developments. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Europeanising party politics? Central and Eastern Europeafter EU enlargement / Paul G. Lewis Lewis, Paul G.

Party management and state colonisation in post-communist Europe:the European dimension / Petr Kopecký Kopecký, Petr, Maria Spirova Spirova, Maria

Political parties and their consolidation in post-communist new democracies: indirect and direct impacts from EU enlargement / Geoffrey Pridham Pridham, Geoffrey

Changing patterns of political participation / Mitja Hafner-Fink Hafner-Fink, Mitja, Danica Fink-Hafner Fink-Hafner, Danica, Alenka KraÅíovec KraÅíovec, Alenka

Voter turnout and electoral success of pro-European parties in post communist Europe / Mikolaj Czesnik Czesnik, Mikolaj

Patterns of party competition / Zsolt Enyedi Enyedi, Zsolt, Fernando Casal Bértoa Bértoa, Fernando Casal

The radical right in post-communist Europe: comparative perspectives on party competition / Lenka Bustikova Bustikova, Lenka, Herbert Kitschelt Kitschelt, Herbert

The quality of social, partisan and governmental representation / Radoslaw Markowski Markowski, Radoslaw, Zsolt Enyedi Enyedi, Zsolt

(Shallow) Europeanisation and party system instability in post communist states: how changing constraints undermine the development of stable partisan linkages / Robert Ladrech Ladrech, Robert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719082979

0719082978

OCLC:

698330392

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