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Partis politiques --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Catholiques --- Activité politique

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Christianisme et politique --- Christianisme et politique --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Église catholique --- Église catholique --- Études comparatives.

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Partis politiques --- Politieke partijen --- Sciences sociales en général --- Sociale wetenschappen in 't algemeen --- Christen democratische partijen --- Lousse (Emile) --- Partis démocrates chrétiens --- 329.16 (4)

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Christian democracy --- Internationalism --- Christianity and politics --- Christian democratic parties --- History --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- C8 --- christen-democratie --- internationalisme --- Ideologie en politiek --- Christianisme et politique --- Internationalisme --- Histoire --- Internationalism. --- Internationale démocrate-chrétienne --- 20th century --- Europe --- International cooperation --- Internationalisme. --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens. --- Christian democracy - History - 20th century --- Christianity and politics - History - 20th century

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Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian Democratic "confessional" parties within the political context of Western Europe. Examining five countries where a successful confessional party emerged (Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Italy) and one where it did not (France), Stathis N. Kalyvas addresses perplexing questions raised by the Christian Democratic phenomenon. How can we reconcile the religious roots of these parties with their tremendous success and resilience in secular and democratic Western Europe? Why have these parties discarded their initial principles and objectives to become secular forces governing secular societies? The author's answers reveal the way in which social and political actors make decisions based on self-interest under conditions that constrain their choices and the information they rely on―often with unintended but irrevocable consequences.Kalyvas also lays a foundation for a theory of the Christian Democratic phenomenon which would specify the conditions under which confessional parties succeed and would determine the impact of such parties, and the way they are formed, on politics and society. Drawing from political science, sociology, and history, his analysis goes beyond Christian Democracy to address issues related to the methodology of political science, the theory of party formation, the political development of Europe, the relationship between religion and politics, the construction of collective political identities, and the role of agency and contingency in politics.

Christian democratic parties --- Christian democracy --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Démocratie chrétienne --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- #SBIB:324H43 --- #SBIB:94H0 --- Politieke structuren: politieke partijen --- Geschiedenis van Europa: algemeen --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Center parties --- Europe --- Christian democratic parties - Europe - History