ABSTRACT
This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies.
The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly contested. In some cases, it has even challenge the democratic quality of the state. This book presents comparative analyses of party governments from formation and duration, to performance. It brings together some of the foremost scholars researching on party government to evaluate existing theories and compare both the developments in the Western and the ‘new’ Eastern Europe in an empirically-grounded comparative analysis. The book discusses the interaction between various institutions, political parties and policies, and evaluates how institutional change and party behaviour can drive the "life cycle" of party government.
Party Government in the New Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Democracy, Government and European Politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Changing patterns of party government
part |1 pages
Part II Party government and democratic governance
part |1 pages
Interactions of party government with parties and interest organizations
chapter |24 pages
The impact of political parties on labour relations
part |1 pages
Party Government and Public Policy
part |1 pages
Part V Research Perspectives, Data Developments and Conclusions