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Book SynopsisBridging a gap that has been too wide for too long, leading political scientists examine parties as organizations that exist within political systems.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction / Richard Johnston and Campbell Sharman
1 Brokerage Parties, Brokerage Politics / R. Kenneth Carty
2 Regional Pivots and Brokerage Politics / Richard Johnston
3 Barbarians at the Gate? Conservative Identifiers and the Myths of Brokerage Politics / David K. Stewart and Anthony M. Sayers
4 Franchising the Franchise Party: How Far Can a New Concept Travel? / Steven B. Wolinetz
5 Courting, but Not Always Serving: Perverted Burkeanism and the Puzzle of Irish Parliamentary Cohesion / David M. Farrell, Peter Mair, Séin Ó Muineacháin, and Matthew Wall
6 Parties, Politicians, and Parliaments: The Impact of Intra-Party Democracy on Party Unity / Reuven Y. Hazan and Gideon Rahat
7 Towards a European Politics / Luciano Bardi, Richard S. Katz, and Peter Mair
8 Politicians and Local Party Organizations: A Delegation Approach / Royce Koop
9 Patterns of Party Recruitment and Campaign Individualisation in an SMP System / William Cross and Lisa Young
10 Joining Isn’t Everything: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Party Organizations / Emilie van Haute
11 Canada’s National Parties: From Private to Public Institutions / John C. Courtney
12 Canadian Public Funding of Parties and the End of Per-Vote Subsidies: Parties, Strategic Interests, and Decartelization / Peter Aucoin and Herman Bakvis
13 Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Legitimacy in Canada / Campbell Sharman and Kyle Attanasio
14 Winners, Losers, and Electoral System Change / Fred Cutler and Graeme Hooper
15 Parties and Party Systems: The Imperatives of Integration / Richard Johnston and Campbell Sharman
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