Title Proportional Western Europe : the Failure of Governance / Bernard Owen, Maria Rodriguez-McKey

Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents PART I: COUNTRIES WITH A DOMINANT PARTY -- DENMARK, SWEDEN, NORWAY -- 1. The Party System With The Various Degrees Of Dominance -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure Or The Search For The Possible Causes Of Dominance -- 3. A New Welcome Structure For The Protest Vote -- ITALY -- 1. Political Institutions. -- 2. Voters' Influence Structure From 1946 To 1992 -- 3. The Welcome Structure For The Vote Against The Government -- PART II: A QUASI TWO-PARTY SYSTEM -- AUSTRIA -- 1. Political Institutions -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. Major Change Of The Welcome Structure For The Vote Against The Government -- PART III: A FRAGMENTED MULTIPARTY SISTEM -- THE NETHERLANDS -- 1. Political Institutions -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. The Welcome Structure For The Vote Against The Government -- BELGIUM -- 1. Political Institutions -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. The Welcome Structure For The Vote Against The Government -- FINLAND -- 1. Introduction And Political Institutions -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. The Welcome Structure Modified -- FRANCE DURING THE FOURTH REPUBLIC -- 1. Political Institutions -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. The Welcome Structure For The Vote Against Government -- WEIMAR GERMANY (1919-1932) -- 1. Political Institutions: The Right To Vote, Electoral And Party System -- 2. The Voter Influence Structure -- 3. A Welcome Structure Against The Government And Weimar -- 4. Conclusion Summary "This book manuscript can be seen as two different books. The first is a history of political parties in ten nations (with the sections on France and Germany limited to specific periods). The second is a critique of the existing literature that emphasizes the importance of electoral rules as determinative of political party systems. In contrast, the authors argue that votes are determined more by community ties (specifically labor unions and some religious organizations), and these ties can explain many of the patterns that we see in party politics in specific countries. In addition, the authors add an explanation of the rise of new parties that hinges largely on whether or not alternatives exist that have not been tainted by having been part of the government"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Political parties -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century Regional government. Political structures: democracy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Political parties Politics and government Regional -- local -- state government. Political structures: democracy. Political ideologies. Political parties. Politics and Government. SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Western Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Rodriguez-McKey, Maria, author ISBN 9781137374370 1137374373 1306286719 9781306286718 9781349469826 1349469823

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