West European politics in the age of globalization [electronic resource] /
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- one online resource, xix, 450 pages : illustrations ;
Includes 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.
9780521895576 052189557X 9780521719902 0521719909
Globalization--Political aspects--Europe, Western.
Comparative government.
320.3094
Includes 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.
9780521895576 052189557X 9780521719902 0521719909
Globalization--Political aspects--Europe, Western.
Comparative government.
320.3094