Regulating Political Parties : European democracies in comparative perspective / edited by Ingrid van Biezen and Hans-Martien ten Napel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biezen, Ingrid van, editor.

Napel, Hans-Martien ten, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Leiden, Netherlands] : Leiden University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Regulating Political Parties provides a novel and valuable contribution to the existing literature on political parties by discussing the various dimensions of party law and regulation, in Europe and other regions of the world. By bringing together international experts from the disciplines of law and political science, this volume addresses from an interdisciplinary and comparative point of view what has long been a notable lacuna in the study of political parties.

Contents:

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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION Regulating Political Parties: European Democracies in Comparative Perspective

CHAPTER 1 Democracy and the Legal Regulation of Political Parties

CHAPTER 2 Dilemmas of Regulating Political Finance, with Special Reference to the Dutch Case

CHAPTER 3 Lessons from the Past: Party Regulation in the Netherlands

CHAPTER 4 The Constitutionalization of Political Parties in Post-war Europe1

CHAPTER 5 Party Laws in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 6 Explaining Legislative Conflict over the Adoption of Political Financing Law in the European UnionCHAPTER 7 The SGP Case: Did it Really (Re)Launch the Debate on Party Regulation in the Netherlands?

CHAPTER 8 Will it All End in Tears? What Really Happens when Democracies Use Law to Ban Political Parties

CHAPTER 9 Ethnic Party Regulation in Eastern Europe

CHAPTER 10 On the Engineerability of Political Parties: Evidence from Mexico

About the authors

Index.

Notes:

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Includes index.