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Klappentext This book provides a comparative overview and account of how the parties in Western Europe have perceived contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment and how they have responded - whether organizationally, programmatically, or institutionally. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comparative overview and account of how the parties in Western Europe have perceived contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment and how they have responded - whether organizationally! programmatically! or institutionally. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Peter Mair, Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser Electoral Challenges and Party Responses Party Responses to the Changing Electoral Market in Britain - Paul Webb Ephemeral Victories? France¿s Governing Parties, the Ecologists, and the Far Right - Andrew Knapp Embracing Dealignment, Combating Realignment - Susan E Scarrow German Parties Respond Party Responses to Electoral Dealignment in Italy - Luciano Bardi Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in Austria - Wolfgang C M[um]uller, Fritz Plasser and Peter A Ulram Weakness as an Advantage and Strength as a Handicap Political Parties and Their Reactions to the Erosion of Voter Loyalty in Belgium - Kris Deschouwer Caught in a Trap Electoral Fortunes and Responses of the Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party in Denmark - Lars Bille and Karina Pedersen Ups and Downs Political Parties in Electoral Markets in Postwar Ireland - Peter Mair and Michael Marsh Conclusion - Peter Mair, Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets
