03009nam 2200589Ia 450 991082675330332120230802010255.01-4384-4483-410.1515/9781438444833(CKB)2550000001039759(OCoLC)820123259(CaPaEBR)ebrary10629457(SSID)ssj0000783944(PQKBManifestationID)11427144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783944(PQKBWorkID)10762665(PQKB)10069449(MiAaPQ)EBC3408678(MdBmJHUP)muse18662(Au-PeEL)EBL3408678(CaPaEBR)ebr10629457(OCoLC)855711061(DE-B1597)683883(DE-B1597)9781438444833(EXLCZ)99255000000103975920120120d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrParty transformations in European democracies[electronic resource] /André KrouwelAlbany State University of New York Press20121 online resource (453 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-4481-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Party models -- Measuring party change -- On the origin of species -- Electoral transformation of parties -- Ideological transformation of parties -- Organizational transformation of parties -- Transformed party politics in Europe -- Appendix 1. Parties included in the study -- Appendix 2. Variable list -- Appendix 3. New parties.Political parties regularly change and adapt in response to ever-changing circumstances. Until now these changes have frequently prompted both scholars and the media to suggest a whole new type of political party, and over time the number of models and types has proliferated to the point of confusion, contradiction, and a loss of explanatory power. In this sophisticated yet accessible study, André Krouwel rejects this mélange of models as inadequate. He utilizes a wide range of data sources to analyze the ideological, organizational, and electoral change undergone by more than one hundred European parties in fifteen different countries, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, between 1945 and 2010. The result is one of the most comprehensive empirically grounded studies to date of the genesis, development, and transformation of political parties in advanced democratic states.Political partiesEuropePolitical party organizationEuropePolitical partiesPolitical party organization324.2094Krouwel André1718200MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826753303321Party transformations in European democracies4114988UNINA