Political parties and party platforms

This book examines and compares the emergence, development and impact of the party systems in post-colonial India and post-apartheid South Africa.

Despite the central role of policy preferences in the subsequent behaviour of legislators, preferences at the level of the individual legislator have been almost entirely neglected in the study of parliaments and legislative behaviour.

This 2006 book proposes a new framework for studying voter decision making.

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 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 provides a comprehensive overview of the regulation of party finance in post-Soviet countries by leading academics and practitioners in the field.

Competitive elections have become an institutionalized feature of contemporary Indonesia's politics.

Using applied political theory, JoAnne Myers presents five markers by which citizens become second-class citizens-property, productivity, participation, patriotism, and reproduction.

This authoritative book traces the development of Plaid Cymru's political thought from its birth in 1924-5 to the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.

The 2008 presidential election, perhaps more so than the typical quadrennial race, will undoubtedly spawn an abundance of scholarly inquiry.

'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time .

First published in 1984.

Key party goals serve to advance a policy brand and maximize seats in the legislature.

This monograph recasts the modernisation of the Labour Party and sheds new light on Labour's years in the wilderness between 1979 and 1997.

This book, first published in 1984, provides a wealth of original evidence that explores not only the impact of the Vietnam War on the beliefs of American leaders - the 'lessons' they believed had been learnt by Americans from the conflict in Vietnam.

Michael Foot ist eine der schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten der britischen Linken.

Political parties are the defining institutions of representative democracy and the darlings of political science.

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

This book examines and explains the Center-Left's political decline since 2008, whilst analyzing the factors that account for its sagging electoral and popular support, losing voters both to the Far-Left, the Far-Right, and abstentions.

This authoritative book traces the development of Plaid Cymru's political thought from its birth in 1924-5 to the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.

This book examines how contemporary militant democracies persist in the face of authoritarian abuses occurring during times of crisis.

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.

Questions of ethics and politics have a long tradition in the classroom as well as the political world.

Zimbabwe has moved from a condition of restricted expression to one of many contradictory expressions.

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 comprehensive overview of the regulation of party finance in post-Soviet countries by leading academics and practitioners in the field.

The 2020 presidential selection process is already underway.

This book employs a political economic approach in exploring the underlying neoliberal foundations of politics and electioneering in both the United States and the United Kingdom that have widened the divide among voters and, over time, led to a deep distrust of state institutions, including electoral politics and system of political representation.

Once teetering on the brink of oblivion, the British Liberal Party has again re-established itself as a major force in national and local politics.

While there has been much focus in recent times on the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, there has been surprisingly little material on the phenomenon of left-wing populism.

Explores how multiple, overlapping majorities can have control in a democracy.

Concentrating on the American historical experience, the contributors to this volume apply quantitative techniques to the study of popular voting behavior.

Primary elections have been used for the past century for most U.

In 1919, Bolshevik Russia and its followers formed the Communist International, also known as the Comintern, to oversee the global communist movement.

Radical partisanship among ordinary Americans is rising, and it poses grave risks for the prospects of American democracy.

The nature of conservative ideology is and will continue to be warmly contested.

The process of electoral change is accelerating in contemporary democracies, and this book explains why.

This book examines the seismic impact of Brexit on the British political system, assessing its likely long-term effect in terms of a significantly changed political and constitutional landscape.

This book examines trends in American public opinion about Israel in over 75 years, from 1944 to 2019.

Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics.

This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future.

Changing Borders in Europe focuses on the territorial dimension of the European Union.

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 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.

Reflecting on his fifty-year effort to steer the Grand Old Party toward black voters, Memphis power broker George W.

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 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.

As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food.

Militancy continues to be characteristic of many supporters of the Russian far right, encompassing a belligerent rhetoric, a strong perception of participants as political warriors and often the use of physical violence.

The 2008 presidential primaries produced more drama than many general election campaigns.