When Parties Prosper: The Uses of Electoral Success

by Lawson, Kay

• ISBN13: 9781588265104
• ISBN10: 1588265102
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Political parties in the twenty-first century	p. 1
Britain's new labour party : prospering in an antiparty climate	p. 9
Sweden : still a stable party system?	p. 27
European social democracy : failing successfully	p. 43
Poland's democratic left alliance : beyond postcommunist succession	p. 61
The Lithuanian social democrats : a prosperous postcommunist party	p. 89
The Uruguayan party system : transition within transition	p. 117
Germany's Christian democrats : survivors in a secular society	p. 141
Japan : why parties fail, yet survive	p. 161
Russia's political parties : deep in the shadow of the president	p. 185
Mexico : helping the opposition prosper	p. 207
Israel's Shas : party prosperity and dubious democracy	p. 231
Chile : from individual politics to party militancy	p. 249
Italy : a tale of two parties	p. 275
France : antisystem parties vs. government parties	p. 295
The US two-party system : using power to prosper	p. 313
Becoming the party of government	p. 331
When parties dedemocratize	p. 353
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