Party transformations in European democracies / Andre Krouwel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krouwel, André.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe.

Political parties.

Political party organization--Europe.

Political party organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Political parties regularly change and adapt in response to ever-changing circumstances. Until now these changes have frequently prompted both scholars and the media to suggest a whole new type of political party, and over time the number of models and types has proliferated to the point of confusion, contradiction, and a loss of explanatory power. In this sophisticated yet accessible study, André Krouwel rejects this mélange of models as inadequate. He utilizes a wide range of data sources to analyze the ideological, organizational, and electoral change undergone by more than one hundred European parties in fifteen different countries, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, between 1945 and 2010. The result is one of the most comprehensive empirically grounded studies to date of the genesis, development, and transformation of political parties in advanced democratic states.

Contents:

Introduction

Party models

Measuring party change

On the origin of species

Electoral transformation of parties

Ideological transformation of parties

Organizational transformation of parties

Transformed party politics in Europe

Appendix 1. Parties included in the study

Appendix 2. Variable list

Appendix 3. New parties.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438444833

1438444834

OCLC:

820123259