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West European politics in the age of globalization /

Over the past three decades the effects of globalisation and denationalisation have created a division between 'winners' and 'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kriesi, Hanspeter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theory and Methods. Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition ; Context structures ; The design of the study: the distinguishing characteristics of our approach
  • Country Studies. France, the model case of party system transformation ; Austria, transformation driven by an established party ; Switzerland, another case of transformation driven by an established party ; The Netherlands, a challenge that was slow in coming ; The United Kingdom, moving parties in a stable configuration ; Germany, the dog that didn't bark
  • Comparative Analyses. Demand-side: dealignment and realignment of the structural political potentials ; Supply-side: the positioning of the political parties in a restructuring space ; The electoral consequences of the integration vs. demarcation cleavage ; Globalizing politics: the change of cleavage structures, parties and party systems in comparative perspective
  • Appendix A. Technical appendix
  • Appendix B. Detailed statistical results.