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Political Parties in the New Europe: Political and Analytical Challenges (Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

 
9780199253227: Political Parties in the New Europe: Political and Analytical Challenges (Comparative Politics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0199253226 ISBN 13: 9780199253227
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2002

Synopsis

The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by western European political parties is exceptionally large, threatening the viability of the manner in which they have traditionally operated and causing them to seek new behaviours and strategies. This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics, whose evaluation of political parties in 'the new Europe' is organised under four broad headings: 'Parties and Society'; 'Parties as Purposive Organisations'; 'Parties and National Government' and 'Parties, the Nation State and Beyond'. The contributors review the latest empirical findings and provide a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art'. They also highlight the analytical challenges confronting party researchers and suggest new avenues for party research.

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Review

The result is a set of highly rewarding and challenging contributions. This really is a very, very good book, and it constitutes a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as I have yet seen to a 'state of the art' in the field, and it is a credit to the editors and to their Summer School work over the years. (Peter Mair, Party Politics)

... this is a worthy book, both for the wealth of empirical material and as a contribution to further theorizing on the various dimensions of political parties. (Political Studies Review)

One strength of this volume is that it is more coherent than many of the recently published competitor volumes on political parties, and its theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses are more encompassing and carried out more systematically. It is furthermore marked by the consistently high quality of the contributions. (Political Studies Review)

This is a very, very good book, and it constitues a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as i have yet seen to 'a state of the art' in the field, and is a credit to those editors and to their Summer School work over the years. Party Politics, Volume 10, January 2004

Synopsis

The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by western European political parties is exceptionally large, threatening the viability of the manner in which they have traditionally operated and causing them to seek new behaviours and strategies. This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics, whose evaluation of political parties in 'the new Europe' is organised under four broad headings: 'Parties and Society'; 'Parties as Purposive Organisations'; 'Parties and National Government' and 'Parties, the Nation State and Beyond'. The contributors review the latest empirical findings and provide a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art'. They also highlight the analytical challenges confronting party researchers and suggest new avenues for party research.

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199253226
ISBN 13 
9780199253227
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
410
Editor
Luther Kurt Richard, Müller-Rommel Ferdinand