Political Parties in Western Democracies

What chiefly distinguishes this work is the inclusion of considerable material on American partics in a comparative context to the analysis of British, Scandinavian, European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand political parties.

List of contents

Preface to the Transaction Edition, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Developmental Circumstances, 3. The Nature of Competition, 4. Structuring The Vote, 5. Organization, 6. The Socialist Working-Class Party, 7. Leadership Recruitment by Class, 8. Candidate Selection, 9. Counter-Organizational Tendencies, 10. The Programmatic Function, 11. Program, Policy and Organized Membership, 12. The Governing Function, 13: Conclusion, Postscript to the Transaction Edition, Index

About the author

Leon D. Epstein is John Bascom Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin. Dr. Epstein is president of the American Political Science Association and author of Governing the University: The Campus and the Public Interest, British Politics in the Suez Crisis and Britain - Uneasy Ally.

Summary

Presents a brilliant, persuasive case that American political parties, so often dismissed as immature or ineffective compared with their European counterparts, are in fact old and durable political organizations, seriving well the needs of a pluralistic society

Product details

• Authors: Leon D. Epstein, Epstein Leon D., Simon M. Fass, Fass Simon M.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1979
• EAN: 9780878557165
• ISBN: 978-0-87855-716-5
• No. of pages: 386
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Political parties and party platforms, Political structures / systems: democracy