Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 September 2002
- ISBN 9780199240562
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages488 pages
- Size 233x156x22 mm
- Weight 756 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures and tables 0
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Long description:
How relevant and vital are political parties in contemporary democracies? Do they fulfill the functions that any stable and effective democracy might expect of them, or are they little more than moribund anachronisms, relics of a past age of political life, now superseded by other mechanisms of linkage between state and society? These are the central questions which this book aims to address through a rigorous comparative analysis of political parties operating in the world's advanced industrial democracies. Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, the book engages systematically with the evidence to show that, while a degree of popular cynicism towards them is often chronic, though rarely acute, parties have adapted and survived as organizations, remodelling themselves to the needs of an era in which patterns of linkage and communication with social groups have been transformed. This has enabled them to remain central to democratic systems, especially in respect of the political functions of governance, recruitment and, albeit more problematically, interest aggregation. On the other hand, the challenges they face in respect of interest articulation, communication and participation have pushed parties into more marginal roles within Western political systems. The implications of these findings for democracy depend on the observer's normative and theoretical perspectives. Those who understand democracy primarily in terms of popular choice and control in public affairs will probably see parties as continuing to play a central role, while those who place greater store by the more demanding criteria of optimizing interests and instilling civic orientations among citizens are far more likely to be fundamentally critical.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction: Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Political Parties in Britain: Secular Decline or Adaptive Resilience?
Italian Parties
Party Decline in the Parties State? The Changing Environment of German Politics
France: Never a Golden Age
The Colour Purple: The End of Predictable Politics in the Low Countries
The Scandinavian Party Model at the Crossroads
Party Politics in Ireland: Regularizing a Volatile System
Spain: Building a Parties State in a New Democracy
Parties at the European Level
Still Functional After All These Years: Parties in America, 1960-2000
Canada's 19th Century Cadre Parties at the Millennium
Political Parties in Australia: Party Stability in a Utilitarian Society
Parties and Society in New Zealand
Conclusion: Political Parties and Democratic Control in Advanced Industrial Societies
