West European politics in the age of globalization / Hanspeter Kriesi ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xix, 428 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-423) and index.

Theory and Methods. Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition ; Context structures ; The design of the study: the distinguishing characteristics of our approach -- Country Studies. France, the model case of party system transformation ; Austria, transformation driven by an established party ; Switzerland, another case of transformation driven by an established party ; The Netherlands, a challenge that was slow in coming ; The United Kingdom, moving parties in a stable configuration ; Germany, the dog that didn't bark -- Comparative Analyses. Demand-side: dealignment and realignment of the structural political potentials ; Supply-side: the positioning of the political parties in a restructuring space ; The electoral consequences of the integration vs. demarcation cleavage ; Globalizing politics: the change of cleavage structures, parties and party systems in comparative perspective -- Appendix A. Technical appendix -- Appendix B. Detailed statistical results.

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Globalization--Political aspects--Europe, Western.
Comparative government.


Europe, Western--Politics and government--1989-

JN94.A58 / W47 2008

320.3094

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