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Leaders of political parties often have to choose between conflicting objectives, such as influence on policy, control of the government, and support among the voters. This book examines the behaviour of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives. The volume contains a theoretical introduction and case studies of party leaders in Germany, Italy, France and Spain as well as six smaller European democracies. Each case focuses on the behaviour of one of several parties in situations of goal conflict, such as the 'historic compromise' in Italy, the 1982 Wende in West Germany, the making of the new Swedish constitution in the 1970s, and the termination of the Austrian 'black-red' grand coalition. In their conclusions, the editors discuss how such leadership decisions can be understood and examine the causes of different choices among party leaders.

Political parties --- Western Europe --- -#SBIB:324H43 --- #SBIB:004.AANKOOP --- Parties, Political --- Party systems, Political --- Political party systems --- Political science --- Divided government --- Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) --- Political conventions --- Politieke structuren: politieke partijen --- #SBIB:324H43 --- Europe [Western ] --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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This volume provides a comparative overview and account of how the parties in Western Europe have perceived contemporary challenges of electoral alignment and how they have responded - whether organizationally, programmatically, or institutionally.

Political parties --- Partis politiques --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Party affiliation --- Elections --- #SBIB:324H43 --- #SBIB:043.AANKOOP --- 314.1 Verkiezingen --- 380 Politieke partijen en stromingen --- Politieke structuren: politieke partijen --- Europe - Politics and government - 1945-. --- Political parties. --- Political parties - Europe. --- Political parties - Europe, Western. --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Government - Europe --- Affiliation, Party --- Political affiliation --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Membership --- 1945 --- -Political parties --- -Elections --- Political parties - Europe --- Europe - Politics and government - 1945 --- 1945-....

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This title provides the first comparative study of coalition governments in Central Eastern Europe. It introduces the players in the coalition game and covers the full life-cycle of coalitions.

Coalition governments --- Europe, Central --- Europe, Eastern --- Politics and government. --- Cabinet system --- Coalitions --- Central Europe. --- Eastern Europe. --- East Europe

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Given the centrality of political parties in modern democracies, most research on these systems either directly address their internal functioning and activities or question their critical role. Political science has moved from describing institutions to the thorough analysis of behavior within these institutions and the interactions between them. The inevitable consequences of the maturing and institutionalization of the discipline of political science in many countries include the forming of sub-fields and specialized research communities. At the same time the number of democracies has vastly increased since the 1980s and although not each attempt at democratization was eventually successful, more heterogeneous systems with some form of party competition exist than ever before. As a consequence, the literature addressing the large issues of party democracy spreads over many research fields and has become difficult to master for individual students of party democracy and party governance. The present volume sets out to review the behavior and larger role of political parties in modern democracies. In so doing the book takes its departure from the idea that the main contribution of political parties to the working of democracy is their role as vehicles of political competition in systems of government. Consequently the focus is not merely in the internal functioning of political parties, but rather their behavior the electoral, legislative, and governmental arenas. Thus several chapters address how political parties perform within the existing institutional frameworks. One more chapter looks at the role of political parties in building and adapting these institutions. Finally, two chapters explicitly address the party contributions to democracy in established and new democracies, respectively.

Psychology --- Social sciences (general) --- Politics --- politiek --- sociale wetenschappen --- Political parties. --- Political party rules --- Partis politiques --- Règlements et procédure --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVHUMAI SPRINGER-B

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Parliamentary democracy is the most common way of organizing delegation and accountability in contemporary democracies. Yet knowledge of this type of regime has been incomplete and often unsystematic. Aiming to provide conceptual clarity, this book shows how representation issues can be understood.

Representative government and representation --- Legislative bodies --- Europe, Western --- Politics and government