Party Competition Between Unequals - Strategies and Electoral Fortunes in Western Europe

Informationen zum Autor Bonnie Meguid is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Her research on party competition has been published in The American Political Science Review. Her research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Krupp Foundation, and her doctoral dissertation was awarded the Samuel H. Beer Prize for Best Ph.D. Dissertation on British Politics by the British Politics Group. Klappentext Meguid explores how and why established parties undermine niche parties or use them against other mainstream opponents. Zusammenfassung Why do some political parties flourish! while others flounder? In this book! Meguid argues that the fortunes of green! radical right and ethnoterritorial parties are shaped by the strategies of mainstream parties. She explores how and why established parties undermine these niche parties or turn them into weapons against their mainstream party opponents. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The niche party phenomenon; 2. Position, salience, and ownership: a strategic theory of niche party success; 3. An analysis of niche party fortunes in Western Europe; 4. A theory of strategic choice; 5. Stealing the environmental title: British mainstream party strategies and the containment of the Green Party; 6. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend': French mainstream party strategies and the success of the Front National; 7. An uneven battle of opposing forces: mainstream party strategies and the success of the Scottish National Party; 8. Cross-national comparisons and extensions; 9. Conclusions: broader lessons of competition between unequals.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie M. Meguid
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521169080
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16908-0
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Comparative Politics, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage