Party Government in the New Europe (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041561774X ISBN 13: 9780415617741

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies.

The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly contested. In some cases, it has even challenge the democratic quality of the state. This book presents comparative analyses of party governments from formation and duration, to performance. It brings together some of the foremost scholars researching on party government to evaluate existing theories and compare both the developments in the Western and the ‘new’ Eastern Europe in an empirically-grounded comparative analysis. The book discusses the interaction between various institutions, political parties and policies, and evaluates how institutional change and party behaviour can drive the "life cycle" of party government.

Party Government in the New Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Democracy, Government and European Politics.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Comparative Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

Ferdinand Müller-Rommel is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 041561774X
• ISBN 13: 9780415617741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Keman Hans, Muller-Rommel Ferdinand