Political Parties and Electoral Change: Party Responses to Electoral Markets, (Paperback)

How have Europe&amp;#8242;s mainstream political parties responded to the long-term decline in voter loyalties?<p></p> <p></p> <p>What are the consequences of this change in the electoral markets in which parties now operate?</p> <p></p> <p>Popular disengagement, disaffection, and withdrawal on the one hand, and increasing popular support for protest parties on the other, have become the hallmarks of modern European politics. </p> <p></p> <p>This book provides an excellent account of how political parties in Western Europe are perceiving and are responding to these contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment.</p> <p></p> <p>Each chapter employs a common format to present and compare the changing strategies of established parties and party systems in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Ireland.</p> <p></p> <p>The result is an invaluable portrait of the changing electoral environment and how parties are interacting with each another and voters today. </p> <p></p> <p>Political Parties and Electoral Change is essential reading for anybody seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary electoral politics and of the challenges facing west European party systems.</p> <p></p> <p>Peter Mair is Professor of Comparative Politics at Leiden University.</p> <p></p> <p>Wolfgang C. M ller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim and previously taught at the University of Vienna. </p> <p></p> <p>Fritz Plasser is Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.</p>

• Political Parties and Electoral Change: Party Responses to Electoral Markets, (Paperback)
• Author: Dr Peter Mair
• ISBN: 9780761947196
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2004-06-09
• Page Count: 296