Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editor's preface; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Comparing party system change; Electoral instability and party system change in Western Europe; Coalition potential and governmental power; Parties, party systems and policy effects; The triad of party system change: votes, office and policy; Change and stability in established systems; Electoral and parliamentary aspects of dominant party systems; Great Britain: a stable, but fragile, party system?; German unification and party system change
Summary
This volume brings together comparative studies and in-depth case studies that research the diversity of party system change in Europe. In so doing it presents a model for change which challenges orthodox views of political evolution
