Political Parties and the Collapse of the Old Orders

by White, John Kenneth; Davies, Philip John

• ISBN13: 9780791440681
• ISBN10: 0791440680
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

With the passage of the Cold War, political parties in nearly every corner of the globe have undergone a vast upheaval. Old ideas have become obsolete, electoral maps have been redrawn, party structures have been rebuilt, and new leaders have emerged. Political Parties and the Collapse of the Old Orders describes these changes using several countries as laboratories: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Mexico, lsrael, South Africa, and Russia. While the nature and extent of the political upheavals vary from place to place, the transformations in each nation's party system have been extraordinary.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Preface: Political Parties in an Era of Change	p. xi
The American Experience: Public Skepticism, Economic Dislocation, and Partisan Decay	p. 1
The United Kingdom: Change within Continuity	p. 19
French Political Parties: A State within the State	p. 33
Whither the Old Order: The Collapse of the GDR and the "New" German Party System	p. 55
Italy: The Demise of the Post-War Partyocracy	p. 71
Canadian Political Parties: Contemporary Changes	p. 95
Australia: An Old Order Manages Change	p. 113
Mexico: The End of One-Party Pluralism?	p. 137
Political Parties and the Emergence of Israel's Second Republic	p. 165
South Africa: Rise and Demise of Political Parties	p. 185
Russia: Party Formation and the Legacy of the One-Party State	p. 205
Parties and the Millennium	p. 223
About the Authors	p. 239
Index	p. 243
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