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Book SynopsisThe analysis of party systems in Western Europe has long constituted a major focus of concern in comparative political science. This volume collects together many of the classic writings in this field, covering the development, stabilization and transformation of party systems.
Trade Review`valuable and well-produced volume' Times Higher Education Supplement
`Excellent compendium of key pieces of work on European politics over the last 30 years.' Dr D. Broughton, University of Wales College of Cardiff
'He provides a useful service by bringing together many of the seminal pieces written by leading scholars over the years ... this volume can be warmly commended as an essential text for courses in party systems and European politics' Newsletter of the PSA specialist group on EPOP
Table of ContentsPart 1 The development of the mass party: the origin of political parties, Joseph La Palombara and Myron Weiner; the advent of plebiscitarian democracy, Max Weber; caucus and branch, cadre parties and mass parties, Maurice Duverger; the party of democratic integration, Sigmund Neumann; the catchall party, Otto Kirchheimer; parties in pluralism, Alessandro Pizzorno. Part 2 The stabilization of party systems: structuring the party system, Giovanni Sartori; the "reach" of the party system, Hans Daalder; cleavage structures, party systems and voter alignments, Seymour Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan; towards a generalized concept of "Verzuiling", Stein Rokkan; the sociology of parties, Giovanni Sartori. Part 3 The transformation of party systems: persistence and change in western party systems, 1945-1969, Richard Rose and Derek W.Urwin; electoral volatility in Western Europe, 1948-1977, Mogens N.Pedersen; parameters of change, Peter Mair; the transformation of Western European party systems, Steven B.Wolinetz; models of change, Scott C.Flanagan and Russell J.Dalton; the nature of value change, Ronald Inglehart; dimensions of ideology in European party systems, Arend Lijphart; from class-based to value-based politics, Ronald Inglehart. Part 4 Types of party system: the two-party system and the multi-party system, Maurice Duverger; party systems and patterns of opposition, Robert A.Dahl; types of party system, Jean Blondel; the electoral balance, Stein Rokkan; a typology of party systems, Giovanni Sartori.
