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2010
Abstract This article explores the nature and dynamic of the British party system and how it shapes up when viewed from a comparative perspective. It specifically examines the enduring strength of the British party system, and at what it shows about the character of the party system.
MAIR, Peter, WEEKS, Liam
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Abstract This article explores the nature and dynamic of the British party system and how it shapes up when viewed from a comparative perspective. It specifically examines the enduring strength of the British party system, and at what it shows about the character of the party system.
MAIR, Peter, WEEKS, Liam
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2021
Abstract This chapter focuses on the attributes and development of the Irish party system, describing its structure and where it sits in comparative perspective. As well as examining party size and ideology, the chapter applies Peter Mair’s conceptualization of the party system as the structure of competition for control of the executive
Conor Little, David M. Farrell
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Abstract This chapter focuses on the attributes and development of the Irish party system, describing its structure and where it sits in comparative perspective. As well as examining party size and ideology, the chapter applies Peter Mair’s conceptualization of the party system as the structure of competition for control of the executive
Conor Little, David M. Farrell
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1988
Britain currently has four major national parties: Conservative, Labour, Liberal and SDP. The Liberals and SDP though organisationally separate have combined to form the Alliance and operate as one party electorally. These are national parties because they maintain their organisations and contest elections in all regions of Great Britain, and seek to ...
Henry Drucker, Andrew Gamble
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Britain currently has four major national parties: Conservative, Labour, Liberal and SDP. The Liberals and SDP though organisationally separate have combined to form the Alliance and operate as one party electorally. These are national parties because they maintain their organisations and contest elections in all regions of Great Britain, and seek to ...
Henry Drucker, Andrew Gamble
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Consociationalism, parties and the party system
West European Politics, 1992(1992). Consociationalism, parties and the party system. West European Politics: Vol. 15, Politics in Austria: Still a Case of Consociationalism?, pp. 45-98.
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2020
The chapter delves into the historical evolution, the characteristics, and the dynamics of the Greek party system. It presents the transformations that it has undergone in its historical course, focusing on the period after the economic crisis, by employing key concepts, covering important electoral contests, and presenting the most relevant political ...
Green-Pedersen, Christoffer +1 more
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The chapter delves into the historical evolution, the characteristics, and the dynamics of the Greek party system. It presents the transformations that it has undergone in its historical course, focusing on the period after the economic crisis, by employing key concepts, covering important electoral contests, and presenting the most relevant political ...
Green-Pedersen, Christoffer +1 more
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2017
This chapter outlines the key actors in the party system and the evolution of competition between them. First, the origins of the party system are examined from a comparative perspective, with a discussion of some of the debates about its formation. It examines the structure and workings of parties.
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This chapter outlines the key actors in the party system and the evolution of competition between them. First, the origins of the party system are examined from a comparative perspective, with a discussion of some of the debates about its formation. It examines the structure and workings of parties.
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1994
The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 and the stated intension of establishing a democratic political order in post-Soviet Russia has confronted the people of that country with new challenges in circumstances of economic and social collapse that can hardly be judged the most propitious for the establishment of stable, effective and ...
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The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 and the stated intension of establishing a democratic political order in post-Soviet Russia has confronted the people of that country with new challenges in circumstances of economic and social collapse that can hardly be judged the most propitious for the establishment of stable, effective and ...
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Parties and Party Systems: Movement in the System?
2006Party politics in 2005 was dominated by the general election and the actions of the political parties before 5 May could be seen in anticipation of the election and after 5 May as part of the reaction to it. By the end of the year a rapid transformation in British party politics had been made possible, with a change in the leadership of the ...
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Political Parties and the Party System
1993The growth of political parties was integrally tied to the development of the pillars. For the Protestants, organisation was due in no small part to the efforts of the nineteenth-century leader, Abraham Kuyper. Kuyper was a master organiser and founded (or helped to found) many of the most important institutions within the pillar.
Rudy B. Andeweg, Galen A. Irwin
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1978
In a democratic state it is assumed that there are differences of opinion as to the best way of governing it. These differences are embodied in political parties, which present a choice of alternative policies to the electorate and which seek to gain power to implement their ideas.
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In a democratic state it is assumed that there are differences of opinion as to the best way of governing it. These differences are embodied in political parties, which present a choice of alternative policies to the electorate and which seek to gain power to implement their ideas.
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