| Description |
xi, 676 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Based on papers given at a symposium held in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1977. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Study of party systems / Peter H. Merkl -- West Germany / Peter H. Merkl -- Great Britain / Arthur Cyr -- France / Lowell G. Noonan -- Italy / Raphael Zariski -- Netherlands / Galen A. Irwin -- Sweden / M. Donald Hancock -- Norway and Denmark / Sten Sparre Nilson -- Finland / Pertti Suhonen -- Ireland / Michael Carey -- Austria / Margareta Mommsen-Reindl -- Spain and Portugal / Howard A. Wiarda -- Party systems and cabinet stability / Lawrence C. Mayer -- Ideological trends in Western political parties / John C. Thomas -- Centrality of party in voting choice / C. Neal Tate -- Attitudes, ideology, and politics of party members / Peter H. Merkl -- Mapping party competition / Sten Sparre Nilson -- Note of the aggregation of party systems / Lawrence C. Mayer -- Parties, cleavages, and the sharpness of conflict / Sten Sparre Nilson -- Sources of party transformation : the case of France / Frank L. Wilson -- Pan-European parties : proselytes of the European Community / Zelime Amen Ward -- Citizen lobbies in West Germany / Jutta Helm -- A legitimacy crisis of the German party system? / Werner Kaltefleiter -- "Decline of parties : thesis and the role of minor parties / Stephen L. Fisher -- Sociology of European parties - members, voters, and social groups / Peter H. Merkl. |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Political parties. |
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Europe. |
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Politieke partijen. |
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Partis politiques -- Europe -- Congrès. |
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Partei. |
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Parteiensystem. |
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Europa. |
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Westeuropa. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Merkl, Peter H.
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| ISBN |
0029200601 |
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9780029200605 |
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