Parties without partisans [[electronic resource] ] : political change in advanced industrial democracies / / edited by Russell J. Dalton and Martin P. Wattenberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780327403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 9786611944247; 1-281-94424-6; 0-19-152899-4; 1-4356-3273-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: Comparative politics
• Altri autori (Persone): DaltonRussell J; WattenbergMartin P. <1956->
• Disciplina: 324.2
• Soggetti: Comparative government; Political parties; Representative government and representation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. Unthinkable Democracy: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies""; ""PART I. PARTIES IN THE ELECTORATE""; ""2. The Decline of Party Identifications""; ""3. The Consequences of Partisan Dealignment""; ""4. The Decline of Party Mobilization""; ""PART II. PARTIES AS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS""; ""5. Parties without Members? Party Organization in a Changing Electoral Environment""; ""6. Political Parties as Campaign Organizations""; ""7. From Social Integration to Electoral Contestation: The Changing Distribution of Power within Political Parties""""PART III. PARTIES IN GOVERNMENT""; ""8. Parties in Legislature: Two Competing Explanations""; ""9. Parties at the Core of Government""; ""10. From Platform Declarations to Policy Outcomes: Changing Party Profiles and Partisan Influence over Policy""; ""11. On the Primacy of Party in Government: Why Legislative Parties Can Survive Party Decline in the ; Electorate""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""12. Partisan Change and the Democratic Process""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Parties Without Partisans provides a comprehensive cross-national study of parties in advanced industrial democracies in all their forms - in electoral politics, as organisations, and in government.