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1 online resource (303 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics |
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Routledge research in comparative politics.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; New Challenger Parties in Western Europe; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Extant literature; 1.2 Aims of the book; 1.3 Analytic framework; 1.4 Emergence and success of new challenger parties; 1.5 Comparing 15 West European democracies, 1950-2004; 1.6 Plan of the book; 2. New challenger parties I: New Politics Parties; 2.1 Extant typologies; 2.2 Programmatic profiles of NPPs; 2.3 A typology of NPPs; 2.4 Selecting NPPs; 2.5 Classifying NPPs; 2.6 Conclusion; 3. New challenger parties II: Extreme Right Parties |
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3.1 Extant typologies3.2 Programmatic profiles of ERPs; 3.3 A typology of ERPs; 3.4 Selecting ERPs; 3.5 Classifying ERPs; 3.6 Conclusion; 4. Electoral performance; 4.1 Electoralperformance of NPPs; 4.2 Electoral performance of ERPs; 4.3 Selecting Ethno-Regionalist Parties; 4.4 Modelling electoral performance of new challenger parties; 4.5 Conclusion; 5. Institutional settings; 5.1 Electoral systems; 5.2 Public party funding structure; 5.3 Empirical analyses; 5.4 Conclusion; 6. Socio-economic and political conditions for New Politics Parties; 6.1 Socio-economic conditions for the rise of NPPs |
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6.2 Analyses of socio-economic conditions for the rise of NPPs6.3 Political conditions for the rise of NPPs; 6.4 Analyses of political conditions for the rise of NPPs; 6.5 Conclusion; 7. Electoral fortunes of New Politics Parties; 7.1 Overall model for the rise of NPPs; 7.2 Sensitivity analyses of country and time series effects; 7.3 Conclusion; 8. Socio-economic and political conditions for Extreme Right Parties; 8.1 Review of the methodology; 8.2 Socio-economic conditions for the rise of ERPs; 8.3 Analyses of socio-economic conditions for the rise of ERPs |
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8.4 Political conditions for the rise of ERPs8.5 Analyses of political conditions for the rise of ERPs; 8.6 Conclusion; 9. Electoral fortunes of Extreme Right Parties; 9.1 Overall model for the rise of ERPs; 9.2 Sensitivity analyses with time series effects; 9.3 Electoral fortunes of Neo-Liberal and Neo-conservative Parties; 9.4 Conclusion; 10. Electoral fortunes of new challenger parties; 10.1 Summary of findings; 10.2 Contributions and limitations of the study; Appendices; 4.1 A note on incidental parameter problem; 5.1 Data description of electoral and party funding systems |
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5.2 A note on effective threshold5.3 Time series models of institutional effects; 5.4 Fixed effects model of institutional effects; 7.1 Supplementary analyses on the rise of NPPs; 9.1 Supplementary analyses on the rise of ERPs; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of 'new challenger parties' across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail. Systematically comparing 229 elections since 1950 across 15 European democracies, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries, this book questions why new challenger parties are more successful in some countries than others, and analyses the conditions that determine their emergence and su |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Europe, Western
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Political parties
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Western Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203130698 |
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0203130693 |
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9780415750073 |
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0415750075 |
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