Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, the book engages systematically with the evidence to show that, while a degree of popular cynicism towards them is often chronic, though rarely acute, parties have adapted and survived as organizations, remodelling themselves to the needs of an era in which patterns of linkage and communication with social groups have been transformed.
Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, the book engages systematically with the evidence to show that, w...
Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, the book engages systematically with the evidence to show that, while a degree of popular cynicism towards them is often chronic, though rarely acute, parties have adapted and survived as organizations, remodelling themselves to the needs of an era in which patterns of linkage and communication with social groups have been transformed.
Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, the book engages systematically with the evidence to show that, w...
The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European Union (EU). Many in the EU have believed that this problem could be effectively tackled by vesting greater powers in the European Parliament (EP), the Union's only directly-elected institution. The central argument of this book is that, while considerable efforts have been made to increase the status of the EP, it is in crucial respects a failure as a representative body. This failure is grounded in the manner in which the parliament is elected....
The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European ...
Since its release in 1980, Kay Lawson's "Political Parties and Linkage: A Comparative Perspective" has become a classic text in the field of political science. In her groundbreaking work Lawson approaches linkage from an angle left unexplored by her predecessors. Her thinking filled in the systematic and theoretical void by envisioning political parties as the link between citizens and policy makers. This collection of essays by leading political scientists reflects on Lawson's concept of linkage, its theory, and its application over the last quarter century. The work is divided into two...
Since its release in 1980, Kay Lawson's "Political Parties and Linkage: A Comparative Perspective" has become a classic text in the field of politi...
This volume provides a cross-national assessment of the theme of political campaigns and their consequences. Chapters present the most recent studies on campaign effects in North America, Europe and Australasia.
This volume provides a cross-national assessment of the theme of political campaigns and their consequences. Chapters present the most recent studies ...
This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronology of the major political events of 1993, opinion polls and by-election results for 1993, as well as an up-to-date digest of party and media addresses and contacts.
This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronolo...
Parliamentary government is generally taken to mean party government. Party cohesion and discipline are usually seen as central to the maintenance of parliamentary democracy. This overlap, between disciplined parties on the one hand and parliamentary government on the other, is often seen as so complete and so automatic that the question of party discipline is pushed to the sidelines and rarely studied. Yet, if individual legislators remain an undisciplined mob, parliaments could easily become unruly and anarchical.
How and why party discipline arises and is maintained are thus central...
Parliamentary government is generally taken to mean party government. Party cohesion and discipline are usually seen as central to the maintenance of ...
"The Australian Electoral System" provides the first-ever comprehensive study of the design of Australian electoral systems. It focuses on the two electoral systems, both 'preferential', that are most closely associated with Australia: namely the alternative vote and the single transferable vote. The book covers four main themes. First, it traces the origins of Australia's electoral systems, explaining how and why Australia ended up with such a relatively unique arrangement. Second, it explores the range of variation in the detail of how the various schemes operate - variations which can have...
"The Australian Electoral System" provides the first-ever comprehensive study of the design of Australian electoral systems. It focuses on the two ele...
