LEADER 04943nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910809382703321 005 20230422042930.0 010 $a1-4008-1376-X 010 $a1-282-76708-9 010 $a9786612767081 010 $a1-4008-2368-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823680 035 $a(CKB)1000000000001663 035 $a(EBL)581666 035 $a(OCoLC)700688708 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128529 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128529 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069448 035 $a(PQKB)10246007 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581666 035 $a(OCoLC)51478983 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36141 035 $a(DE-B1597)446249 035 $a(OCoLC)979578024 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823680 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581666 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031903 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276708 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000001663 100 $a19990720d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConfessions of an interest group $ethe Catholic Church and political parties in Europe /$fCarolyn M. Warner 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-01025-0 311 0 $a0-691-01026-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-241) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1. Introduction: The Catholic Church and Democracy --$tChapter 2. Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Religion --$tChapter 3. The Constraints and Opportunities of History --$tChapter 4. Interests, Identities, and Role Definition --$tChapter 5. Selecting an Ally: The Catholic Church and Christian Democracy in Italy and France --$tChapter 6. Evaluating the Alliance: Exit or Voice? --$tChapter 7. Getting Out the Vote: Mobilization Techniques --$tChapter 8. Christian Democratic Parties and Their Search for Allies --$tChapter 9. Comparative Perspectives: Germany --$tChapter 10. The Political Crossroads of Catholicism in Postwar Europe: Contributions to a Theory of Interest Groups --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aFollowing World War II, the Catholic Church in Europe faced the challenge of establishing political influence with newly emerging democratic governments. The Church became, as Carolyn Warner pointedly argues, an interest group like any other, seeking to attain and solidify its influence by forming alliances with political parties. The author analyzes the Church's differing strategies in Italy, France, and Germany using microeconomic theories of the firm and historical institutionalism. She demonstrates how only a strategic perspective can explain the choice and longevity of the alliances in each case. In so doing, the author challenges earlier work that ignores the costs to interest groups and parties of sustaining or breaking their reciprocal links. Confessions of an Interest Group challenges the view of the Catholic Church as solely a moral force whose interests are seamlessly represented by the Christian Democratic parties. Blending theory, cultural narrative, and archival research, Warner demonstrates that the French Church's superficial and brief connection with a political party was directly related to its loss of political influence during the War. The Italian Church's power, on the other hand, remained stable through the War, so the Church and the Christian Democrats more easily found multiple grounds for long-term cooperation. The German Church chose yet another path, reluctantly aligning itself with a new Catholic-Protestant party. This book is an important work that expands the growing literature on the economics of religion, interest group behavior, and the politics of the Catholic Church. 606 $aChristianity and politics$xCatholic Church$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChristian democratic parties$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChristian democratic parties$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChristian democratic parties$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aFrance$xChurch history$y1945- 607 $aItaly$xChurch history$y20th century 607 $aGermany$xChurch history$y1945- 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xCatholic Church$xHistory 615 0$aChristian democratic parties$xHistory 615 0$aChristian democratic parties$xHistory 615 0$aChristian democratic parties$xHistory 676 $a324/.088/22 700 $aWarner$b Carolyn M.$f1961-$01626887 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809382703321 996 $aConfessions of an interest group$93963191 997 $aUNINA