Liberal Parties in Western Europe

by Edited by Emil J. Kirchner

• ISBN13: 9780521323949
• ISBN10: 0521323940
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-11-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programs and strategies; and international and cross-national links.

Table of Contents

List of tables

List of diagrams

List of maps

Notes on the contributors

Preface

1. Introduction Emil J. Kirchner

2. Between left and right: the ambivalence of European liberalism Gordon Smith

3. Two roads of Italian liberalism: the Partito Repubblicano Italiano (PRI) and the Partito Liberale Italiano (PLI) Geoffrey Pridham

4. The FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany: the requirements of survival and success Emil J. Kirchner and David Broughton

5. Great Britain - social liberalism reborn? John Curtice

6. Liberalism in France John Frears

7. Liberal parties in the Netherlands Hans Daalder and Ruud Koole

8. The Belgian liberal parties: economic radicals and social conservatives Christopher Rudd

9. The Freiheitliche Partei Ö

sterreichs: protest party or governing party? K. R. Luther

10. The Swedish Liberal Party: the politics of unholy alliances Ulf Lindströ

m and Ingemar Wö

rlund

11. Liberalism in Denmark: agrarian, radical and still influential Alastair H. Thomas

12. The Norwegian Liberal Party: from political pioneer to political footnote Forn Y. Leiphart and Lars Svå

sand

13. Liberal parties in Finland: from perennial coalition actors to an extra-parliamentary role David Arter

14. Liberal parties in Switzerland D. L. Seiler

15. The Luxemburg Liberal Party Derek Hearl

16. Identifying liberal parties Peter Humphreys and Michael Steed

17. Ambivalence revisited: an analysis of liberal party manifestos since 1945 Derek Hearl

18. Transnational links: the ELD and Liberal Party Group in the European Parliament Rudolf Hrbek

19. Western European liberal parties: developments since 1945 and prospects for the future Emil J. Kirchner

Index of political parties

General index.