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Zusatztext ... this is a worthy book, both for the wealth of empirical material and as a contribution to further theorizing on the various dimensions of political parties... One strength of this volume is that it is more coherent than many of the recently published competitor volumes on political parties, and its theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses are more encompassing and carried out more systematically. It is furthermore marked by the consistently high quality of the contributions. Klappentext The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by western European political parties is exceptionally large! threatening the viability of the manner in which they have traditionally operated and causing them to seek new behaviours and strategies. This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics! whose evaluation of political parties in "the new Europe" is organised under four broad headings: Parties as Corporate Actors; Parties and Society; Parties and the State and Parties Beyond the Nation State. Each contributor not only provides a concise! critical review of the theoretical and methodological "state of the art" in respect of a specific aspect! but also reviews the latest empirical findings in that area. Zusammenfassung Some of the foremost scholars of European party politics review the latest empirical findings on the challenges currently faced by West European political parties. Published to great critical acclaim in hardback, this paperback edition will be essential reading for anyone interested in the changing nature of western Europe's political parties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I: Introduction 1: Kurt Richard Luther and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: Political Parties in a Changing Europe Section II: Parties and Society 2: Russell J. Dalton, Ian McAllister, and Martin Wattenbert: Political Parties and their Publics 3: Thomas Poguntke: Party Organizational Linkage: Parties Without Firm Social Roots? 4: David M. Farrell: Campaign Modernization and the West European Party Section III: Parties as Purposive Organziations 5: Richard S. Katz: The Internal Life of Parties 6: Robert Harmel: Party Organizational Change: Competing Explanations? 7: Andrea Volkens and Hans-Dieter Klingemann: Parties, Ideologies, and Issues: Stability and Change in Fiftenn European Party Systems 1945-1998 Section IV: Parties and National Government 8: Lieven De Winter: Parties and Government Formation, Portfolio Allocation, and Policy Definition 9: Hans Keman: Policy-Making Capacities of European Party Government Section V: Parties, the Nation State, and Beyond 10: Wolfgang C, Müller: Parties and their Institutional Framework 11: Luciano Bardi: Parties and Party Systems in the European Union Section VI: Conclusion 12: Kurt Richard Luther and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: Parties and Party Research in the New Europe Bibliography ...
