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Title West European politics in the age of globalization / Hanspeter Kriesi [and others]
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary Over the past three decades the effects of globalisation and denationalisation have created a division between 'winners' and 'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK) using opinion surveys
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Globalization -- Political aspects -- Europe, Western
Political parties -- Europe, Western
Power (Social sciences) -- Europe, Western
Comparative government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Comparative government
Globalization -- Political aspects
Political parties
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Politik
Globalisierung
Globalisierung -- Parteiensystem -- Westeuropa -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Parteiensystem -- Globalisierung -- Westeuropa -- Aufsatzsammlung.
SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98008033
Subject Western Europe
Westeuropa
Westeuropa -- Globalisierung -- Parteiensystem -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Kriesi, Hanspeter.
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