Dominant Political Parties and Democracy - Concepts, Measures, Cases and Comparisons

Informationen zum Autor Matthijs Bogaards is Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. Françoise Boucek is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics at Queen Mary University London, UK. Klappentext This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Combining theoretical and empirical research and bringing together leading experts in the field, it features case studies on Japan, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy, France and South Africa. Zusammenfassung This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Combining theoretical and empirical research and bringing together leading experts in the field, it features case studies on Japan, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy, France and South Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Setting a New Agenda for Research Part 1: Concepts and Measures 2. Rethinking Dominant Party Systems 3. Measuring One-Party Dominance with Voting Power Indices 4. District-Level Dominance and Vulnerability under the French Fifth Republic Part 2: Cases and Comparisons i: Sub-national Dominance 5. Big Fish in Small Ponds: A Comparison of Dominant Parties in the Canadian Provinces and German Länder 6. Hard and Soft Dominance: Assessing the Case of the Bavarian CSU ii: The Intra-Party Dimension of Dominance 7. The Factional Politics of Dominant Parties: Evidence from Britain, Italy and Japan 8. Dominance without Factions: The Liberal Party of Canada iii: Dominance and Democracy 9. A Resource Theory of Single Party Dominance: The PRI in Mexico 10. One-Party Dominance in South-Africa 11. Laying a Foundation for Democracy or Undermining It? Dominant Parties in Africa’s Burgeoning Democracies 12. Conclusion ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Matthijs Bogaards, Matthijs (Jacobs University Bremen Bogaards, Matthijs Boucek Bogaards, Bogaards Matthijs, BOGAARDS MATTHIJS BOUCEK FRANCOI
• Collaboration: Matthijs Bogaards (Editeur), Matthijs (Jacobs University Bremen Bogaards (Editeur), Bogaards Matthijs (Editeur), Francoise Boucek (Editeur), Françoise Boucek (Editeur), Francoise (Queen Mary University of London Boucek (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 05.05.2010
• EAN: 9780415485821
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48582-1
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: Routledge/ECPR Studies in Euro; Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
• Catégories: Livres de conseils; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Political parties and party platforms