Title Political parties in new democracies : party organization in Southern and East-Central Europe / Ingrid Van Biezen

Published Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) Contents Introduction -- PART I: FRAMEWORK -- The Path Towards Democracy: The Institutional Context of Party Formation -- Party Formation and Organizational Development: Opportunities and Constraints -- PART II: MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTY STRUCTURES -- Portugal -- Spain -- Hungary -- The Czech Republic -- PART III: CROSS-NATIONAL PATTERNS -- On the Internal Balance of Power: The Extra-Parliamentary Party vs. the Party in the Public Office -- Financing Parties in New Democracies -- Patterns of Party Organization in New Democracies -- Endnotes -- References -- Index Summary Ingrid van Biezen provides a comprehensive and illuminating comparative analysis of party formation and organizational development in recently established democracies. Focussing on Spain, Portugal, Hungary and the Czech Republic, this is the first book to address political parties in new democracies from a cross-regional perspective. It analyzes the historical, social and institutional contexts in which parties in new democracies emerge and the incentives such environments offer for strategies of political mobilisation and organization. Featuring a wealth of new information on party organization, it provides a valuable theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of political parties in both new and old democracies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index Notes Print version record Subject Political parties -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies Political parties -- Europe, Southern -- Case studies New democracies -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies New democracies -- Europe, Southern -- Case studies Democratization -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies Democratization -- Europe, Southern -- Case studies Political parties -- Europe -- Case studies Political parties -- Europe, Western -- Case studies Democratization -- Europe -- Case studies Democratization -- Europe, Western -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Democratization New democracies Political parties Politieke partijen. Organisatiestructuur. Democratisering. Western Europe Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403937858 1403937850 1280220759 9781280220753 9781403903075 1403903077

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