Political parties and party platforms

Turkish accession to the European Union is an important but controversial item on the agenda of the European Union.

Interest groups form an important part of the development of political and social systems.

A timely analysis of the power and limits of political parties-and the lessons of the Civil War and the New Deal in the Age of Trump.

As the number of women candidates for office in the U.

Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays the seeds of becoming a new faith.

2025 ECPA Award Winner - Biography & MemoirA riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--from the foothills of Appalachia all the way to the White House.

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Despite being described as the most successful political party in any western democracy, the Liberal Party of Canada experienced its worst electoral defeat in 2011.

More Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans.

This handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific.

This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness.

Technocratic appeals to expertise and populist invocations of 'the people' have become mainstays of political competition in established democracies.

Few scholars have paid close attention to the factors internal to the Republican Party that helped the Right to consolidate its power within the party between the 1960s and the 1980s.

The Tea Party showed its strength in the 2010 mid-terms.

The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democracy, discursive studies, dynamics of interpersonal communication, and discussion network analyses, with substantial numbers of books and articles covering each.

This book presents a new and conflict-centered theory of successful party-building, drawing on diverse cases from across Latin America.

Im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt verfügte die KPÖ über den größten Einfluss auf die politische Entwicklung Österreichs.

Most party systems are relatively stable over time.

The election of the most left-wing Labour Party Leader since 1945, followed by the Party's third consecutive general election defeat and the ongoing cultural divisions around Brexit present an ideal opportunity for a thorough re-evaluation of the state of the Party within its broader ideological and historical context.

Both in Greece in 2012 and Italy in 2013, it took two elections to form a government.

Wenn wir an Skandinavien denken, fallen uns mustergültige Demokratien, offene und egalitäre Gesellschaften mit einem hohen Maß an sozialer Gerechtigkeit, ein vorbildlicher Wohlfahrtsstaat und leistungsfähige Volkswirtschaften ein.

Different survey-based and case study research has shown that, since the 1980s, minority nationalist parties have become increasingly supportive of European integration.

By exploring the intersection of gender and politics in the antebellum North, Michael Pierson examines how antislavery political parties capitalized on the emerging family practices and ideologies that accompanied the market revolution.

This innovative book investigates the process through which ethnic minorities penetrate into higher echelons of political power: specifically, how they succeed in getting elected to the U.

Democratic theory considers it fundamental for parties in government to be both responsive to their electorate and responsible to internal and international constraints.

From the moment that the New Labour government left office in 2010, it became a bone of contention for the party.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on what Democrats and Republicans have in common.

Anti-fascism has long been one of the most active and dynamic areas of radical protest and direct action.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

The British National Party (BNP) is the most successful far right party in British political history.

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation.

Following India's general election in May 2009, this book undertakes a critical evaluation of the performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

This volume examines how religion is intrinsically related to politics in India.

First published in 1983, this book reports on the results of a survey in thirteen areas of England where the National Front (NF) had previously gained significant levels of electoral support and examines the social and political histories of these areas to reveal not only who and was voting for the NF in the 1970s but also why.

An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals.

Althusser abre su corazón (y su cabeza) en esta autoentrevista, inédita durante cuarenta años, donde aborda las condiciones de posibilidad de una política realmente de izquierdas.

Explaining Religious Party Strength explores why religious political parties are electorally successful in some countries but not in others.

Millions of enfranchised people live in abject poverty in democracies around the world.

Authoritarianism research has evolved into one of the fastest growing research fields in comparative politics.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

The world is increasingly becoming less democratic and this trend has not left Southeast Europe untouched.

Nach der Auflösung der Sowjetunion 1991 durch die stalinistische Bürokratie sind trotz zahlreicher historischer Detailstudien weder der Charakter der Oktoberrevolution noch die Degeneration und das Scheitern des aus ihr hervorgegangenen Arbeiterstaates einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit klar, obwohl die Existenz der Sowjetunion die gesamte Geschichte des 20.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

This book provides a systematic exploration of party system change.