Political parties and party platforms

Sprache konstituiert die Arena der politischen Auseinandersetzung und ist deswegen selbst Gegenstand des politischen Kampfs.

This book examines Lebanese political parties and their encounters with modernity.

Political parties are central to democratic life, yet there is no standard definition to describe them or the role they occupy.

Lifting the lid on the most captivating story in British politics today, 'Back from the Brink' charts the Conservative Party's remarkable journey from the political wilderness to the threshold of power.

Looks at how Nigeria''s political parties compete for power in a context of transition, terrorism, and religious and ethnic tension.

Provides a new way of thinking about parties formed by social movements, and their evolution over time.

Delving into Turkey's political playing field, this book examines how an ethnic party increased its vote shares.

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.

How is Donald Trump's presidency likely to affect the reputation and popular standing of the Republican Party?

The Uses and Misuses of Politics is a detailed examination of the politics of George W.

This book, first published in 1987, examines the experience of the North Vietnamese economy during the struggle for national reunification and the Vietnam war.

Kommunalwahlen in vielen Bundesländern, Europawahlen und Landtagswahlen in drei ostdeutschen Bundesländern: 2024 wird Prognosen zufolge ein Jahr der Rekordergebnisse für die AfD.

As late as the 1960s, religion was a decidedly nonpartisan affair in the United States.

Stonecash analyzes election results arguing that the separation of presidential and House results occurring from the 1960s to 1980 was a party-driven process.

On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on 12 May 1969, security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela and detained her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged eight and ten.

Political parties have only recently become a subject of investigation in normative political theory.

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.

My great friend and author of 'Dark Agenda,' David Horowitz, is out with a new book, 'Final Battle: The Next Election Could Be the Last.

Ein Must-Read für alle, die verstehen wollen, worum es im US-Wahljahr 2024 wirklich gehtEin Kapitolstürmer, ein Black-Lives-Matter-Aktivist und eine Latina, deren Eltern illegal eingewandert sind.

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.

For only the second time in close to a quarter century, the U.

Why do strong opposition party organizations emerge in some democratizing countries, while those in others remain weak or quickly fragment on ethnic lines?

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 books examines the institutional foundations of coalition government in the ten post-communist democracies of Eastern and Central Europe for the 1990-2010 period: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

*AGuardianBook of the Day*The defeat of socialist firebrand Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader in 2019 confirmed Tony Benns famous retort 'the Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it.

The revised 2nd edition of this successful textbook explores Japanese politics in the postwar era from theoretical and comparative perspectives.

Electoral gender quotas have emerged as one of the most critical political reforms of the last two decades, having now been introduced in more than 130 countries worldwide.

Wie lässt sich die Mobilisierungskraft der im Europäischen Parlament vertretenen »rechtspopulistischen« Parteien erklären und wie ihnen wirksam begegnen?

Decision-making in the European Union before and after the Lisbon Treaty aims to assess what the changes the Treaty of Lisbon envisaged and whether these ambitions have materialised since the Treaty entered into force.

This book, first published in 1989, examines the creation and implementation of Communist policy in Vietnam during the crucial period between the 1954 Geneva Conference and the establishment of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam in December 1960.

Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably well-matched in terms of their technology uptake and sophistication.

An assessment of the state of the Democratic Party in the new millennium, the betrayal of progressive ideals, and how real change can happen.

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 volume examines the recent changes which have occurred in party systems across Europe.

Based on extensive original research and interviews with a wide variety of key players, this is a compelling assessment of the Labour Party in power.

This book examines the domestic electoral consequences of the economic and financial crisis in Europe, particularly in those countries where the crisis manifested itself more devastatingly: the Southern European countries of Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, as well as Iceland and Ireland.

Highlighting the power of campaign strategy, this study challenges the notion that economic performance necessarily drives electoral outcomes.

The second edition of this popular textbook provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to UK party politics, combining chapters on each of the main parties (Conservative, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party) with an assessment of post-devolution Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This book presents a theory of political disalignment and a revised theory of party realignment, using four case studies from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Italy to illustrate these concepts.

Based on extensive original research and interviews with a wide variety of key players, this is a compelling assessment of the Labour Party in power.

Anglo-American relations, the so-called 'Special Relationship', reached a new era with the rise of New Labour and the New Democrats in the late-1980s and early-1990s.

All organisations manage people, and politics is no different.

Social structure may historically have been of primary importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the significance of personality in political leadership has increased.

This book examines how democratic communities resolve dilemmas posed by anti-system parties or, more specifically, the question of why democracies take the grave decision to ban political parties.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the British Labour Party was broadly supportive of Irish home rule.

This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of essays on the ideological origins of the European revolutionary movement.

'Fantastic' - James O'BrienThe brilliant mind behind the Secret Tory presents 14 years of Tory rule - as told by William Shakespeare'O, for a muse of fire that would ascendThe brightest heaven of pretention!

This book makes an important contribution to the existing literature on European social democracy in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and ensuing recession.