ABSTRACT
This edited collection, in honour of the late political scientist Peter Mair, contains original chapters that are directly linked to his theoretical and/or methodological ideas and approaches.
Peter Mair demonstrated that political parties have traditionally been central actors in European politics and an essential focus of comparative European political science. Though the nature of political parties and the manner in which they operate has been subject to significant change in recent decades, parties remain a crucial factor in the working of European liberal democracies. This volume analyses recent developments and current challenges that European parties, party systems and democracy face.
The volume will be of key interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, democracy studies, political parties, and European politics and European Union studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|63 pages
Comparative and national politics
chapter 3|16 pages
Filling the void?
chapter 5|15 pages
Regional presidents, multi-level parties and organisational stratarchy
part 2|50 pages
Political parties and party systems
chapter 6|18 pages
The attitudinal implications of the cartel party thesis
part 3|63 pages
European Union
chapter 12|16 pages
Collusion in bicameral European Union decision making
part 4|66 pages
(The future) of party democracy