Cartelisation, convergence or increasing similarities? : lessons from parties in Parliament / edited by Henrik Enroth and Magnus Hagevi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Enroth, Henrik, editor.

Hagevi, Magnus, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coalition governments--Sweden.

Coalition governments.

Politics and government.

Sweden--Politics and government.

Sweden.

Physical Description:

ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd, [2018]

Summary:

"It is often suggested that political parties are becoming increasingly alike, and that party politics has turned into an elite affair where political professionals collude to further their self-interest rather than work to represent the interests of their constituents. In recent decades this diagnosis has been famously associated with Richard Katz and Peter Mair's cartel party theory. Yet so far this controversial thesis has not been subjected to systematic empirical scrutiny, nor has its conceptual and normative underpinnings been properly considered. In this volume a group of political scientists with different specialisations take on this task, focusing empirically on the Swedish party system, which the originators of the cartel party theory have suggested is especially conducive to the formation of party cartels. Collecting new and unique qualitative and quantitative data, the volume casts serious doubt on the validity of the cartel party theory as an explanation for party system change"--Amazon.com

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Cartelisation in Sweden? / Henrik Enroth

2. On the Concept of a Cartel Party / Henrik Enroth

3. Are the Predictions of the Cartel Party Thesis Supported in the Swedish Case? / Karl Loxbo

4. Professional Politicians as Representatives / Magnus Hagevi

5. Cartelisation and Europeanisation? / Karl Loxbo

6. Homogenisation or Fragmentation? Perceptions of Mediatisation Among Finnish and Swedish Parliamentarians / Ann-Marie Ekengren

7. Party Cartelisation or Gender Politicisation? / Anna Hogmark

8. Party Culture and Cartelisation: Exploring the Inner Life of the Parliamentary Party / Katarina Barrling

9. Democracy and the Cartel Party / Mats Sjolin

10. Conclusions / Henrik Enroth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-236) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cartelisation, convergence or increasing similarities?

ISBN:

9781785522543

178552254X

OCLC:

1091372660

Publisher Number:

99986862449