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Party System Change, the European Crisis and the State of Democracy
Auflage
1st
Ort / Verlag
Oxford: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Party systems are crucial elements for the functioning of political systems and
representative democracies. With several European countries experiencing significant
changes recently, it is necessary to update our knowledge.
This volume analyzes party system changes in Europe in the 21st century by
considering several dimensions such as interparty competition, the cleavage
structure, electoral volatility and the emergence of new actors. The book describes
the principal continuities and changes in party systems in Europe; analyzes the main
explanations for these trends; and assesses the impact of the crisis on the patterns
observed. By considering a wide range of Western and Eastern European countries, and
focusing on the ‘parameters’ of party system change, this book seeks
to fill an important gap in the literature through a comparative analysis of the
evolution of party systems in Europe over the last decades.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties,
party systems and politics, electoral behavior as well as more broadly to European
politics, comparative politics, political representation and the quality of
democracies.