New Parties in Government : In Power for the First Time

ISBN-13: 9780415404990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 224 str.

Opis

Provides an exploration of European political parties making the move towards government for the first time.

Spis treści

1. Comparing Newly Governing Parties  2. The Organizational Costs of Public Office  3. Newly Governing Parties in Italy: Comparing the PDSI/DS, Lega Nord and Forza Italia  4. The Short Road to Power - and the Long Way Back: Newly Governing Parties in the Netherlands  5. Close but no Cigar?  Newly Governing and Nearly Governing Parties in Sweden and New Zealand  6. Greens in a Rainbow: The Impact of Participation in Government of the Green Parties in Belgium  7. Moving from Movement to Government: The Transformation of the Finnish Greens  8. Independents in Government: A Sui Generis Model?  9. The Electoral Fate of New Parties in Government  10. Populists in Power: Attitudes toward Immigrants after the Austrian Freedom Party Entered Government 

O autorze

Kris Deschouwer is Professor of politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.