The West European party system

Abstract

Part 1 The development of the mass party: the origin of political parties, Joseph La Palombara and Myron Weiner the advent of plebiscitarian democracy, Max Weber caucus and branch, cadre parties and mass parties, Maurice Duverger the party of democratic integration, Sigmund Neumann the catchall party, Otto Kirchheimer parties in pluralism, Alessandro Pizzorno. Part 2 The stabilization of party systems: structuring the party system, Giovanni Sartori the reach of the party system, Hans Daalder cleavage structures, party systems and voter alignments, Seymour Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan towards a generalized concept of Verzuiling, Stein Rokkan the sociology of parties, Giovanni Sartori. Part 3 The transformation of party systems: persistence and change in western party systems, 1945-1969, Richard Rose and Derek W.Urwin electoral volatility in Western Europe, 1948-1977, Mogens N.Pedersen parameters of change, Peter Mair the transformation of Western European party systems, Steven B.Wolinetz models of change, Scott C.Flanagan and Russell J.Dalton the nature of value change, Ronald Inglehart dimensions of ideology in European party systems, Arend Lijphart from class-based to value-based politics, Ronald Inglehart. Part 4 Types of party system: the two-party system and the multi-party system, Maurice Duverger party systems and patterns of opposition, Robert A.Dahl types of party system, Jean Blondel the electoral balance, Stein Rokkan a typology of party systems, Giovanni Sartori.

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