Political parties and electoral change : party responses to electoral markets / edited by Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller and Fritz Plasser.

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ISBN:

9781412932820

9780761947189

9780761947196

9781446216224

Title:

Political parties and electoral change : party responses to electoral markets / edited by Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller and Fritz Plasser.

Author:

Mair, Peter.

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2004.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 280 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Introduction : Electoral challenges and party reponses / Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Fritz Plasser -- 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 : German parties respond / Susan E. Scarrow -- Party responses to electoral dealignment in Italy / Luciano Bardi -- Party responses to the erosion of voter loyalties in Austria : weakness as an advantage and strength as a handicap / Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser, and Peter A. Ulram -- Political parties and their reactions to the erosion of voter loyalty in Belgium : caught in a trap / Kris Deschouwer -- Electoral fortunes and responses of the Social Democratic party and Liberal party in Denmark : ups and downs / Lars Bille and Karina Pedersen -- Political parties in electoral markets in postwar Ireland / Peter Mair and Michael Marsh -- Conclusion : Political parties in changing electoral markets / Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Fritz Plasser.

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Subject Term:

Political parties -- Europe.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Added Author:

Mair, Peter.

Müller, Wolfgang C., 1957-

Plasser, Fritz, 1948-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2004

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2004.

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How have Europe′s mainstream political parties responded to the long-term decline in voter loyalties?

What are the consequences of this change in the electoral markets in which parties now operate?

Popular disengagement, disaffection, and withdrawal on the one hand, and increasing popular support for protest parties on the other, have become the hallmarks of modern European politics.

This book provides an excellent account of how political parties in Western Europe are perceiving and are responding to these contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment.

Each chapter employs a common format to present and compare the changing strategies of established parties and party systems in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Ireland.

The result is an invaluable portrait of the changing electoral environment and how parties are interacting with each another and voters today.

Political Parties and Electoral Change is essential reading for anybody seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary electoral politics and of the challenges facing west European party systems.

Peter Mair is Professor of Comparative Politics at Leiden University.

Wolfgang C. M ller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim and previously taught at the University of Vienna.

Fritz Plasser is Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.

IntroductionPeter Mair and Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser

Electoral Challenges and Party Responses

Party Responses to the Changing Electoral Market in BritainPaul Webb

Ephemeral Victories? France's Governing Parties, the Ecologists, and the Far RightAndrew Knapp

Embracing Dealignment, Combating RealignmentSusan E Scarrow

German Parties Respond

Party Responses to Electoral Dealignment in ItalyLuciano Bardi

Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in AustriaWolfgang C M[um]uller and 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 BelgiumKris Deschouwer

Caught in a Trap

Electoral Fortunes and Responses of the Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party in DenmarkLars Bille and Karina Pedersen

Ups and Downs

Political Parties in Electoral Markets in Postwar IrelandPeter Mair and Michael Marsh

ConclusionPeter Mair and Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Fritz Plasser

Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets

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