Political parties and party platforms

Selecting political leaders by popular election is an unquestioned hallmark of representative democracies-the institutional manifestation of Lincoln's promise of a government of the people and by the people.

How partisan balance between the U.

Women and the Liberal Democrats is a timely and original exploration of women's representation and the third party in UK politics.

Lewis Minkin has immense experience of the Labour Party and has acted as adviser to two major internal reviews of the internal party organisation.

Provokateur, Macher, Krisenmanager: Diese gründlich recherchierte und vorzüglich geschriebene Biographie leuchtet Charakter, Politikstil und den beispiellosen Aufstieg von Markus Söder aus- Geschrieben von zwei preisgekrönten SZ-Journalisten- Was den starken Mann der CSU antreibt und wie er nach der Macht greift- Wie der bayerische Landespolitiker sich zum Schattenkanzler wandelte"Biografien können trocken und dröge sein – die über Markus Söder ist spannend und süffig zu lesen.

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

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.

Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties.

Congressional primaries are increasingly being blamed for polarization and gridlock in Congress.

This book examines why many authoritarian regimes, posing as democracies through elections, do not become democracies.

In the evolution of the Conservative party, the period between 1866 and 1880 marks a critical stage.

Praise for The Elephant in the Room"e;This funny, sobering, smart book reminds Republicans that having beliefs isn't good enough.

This book examines the recent development of the far right in Britain, with a particular focus on the British National Party (BNP) the most electorally successful far right party in British history.

A dedicated politician who has served as a congressman and state legislator defines the formidable challenge for progressives after the November 2016 election-and explains how to bring back leaders focused on working in the broad center of politics in order to get things done for the people.

Drawing on the history of post-independence Tunisia, the book studies the evolution of al-Nahdah as a political party in Tunisia and its role in a protracted struggle to shape the post-authoritarian order along democratic lines.

This book explores the process of rebuilding the Conservative Party under David Cameron's leadership since 2005.

This comprehensive volume examines the nature, causes, and consequences of state religion policy in 183 countries between 1990 and 2014.

Elections are episodic; governance is routine.

The Rise of Party in England (1975) examines the English political party as an essential entity to the meaningful interpretation of political history.

If democracy without political parties is unthinkable, what would happen if the role of political parties if the democratic process is weakened?

Tripura in India's Northeast remains the only region in the world which has sustained a strong left radical political tradition for more than a century, in a context not usually congenial for left politics.

The European Union is currently in the midst of a comprehensive process of reform and the aim of this book is to address the challenge of forging a legitimate Constitution for the EU.

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 many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the electorate.

The Polarized Congress: The Post-Traditional Procedure of Its Current Struggles argues that the rise of the polarized Congress means a totally different Congressional procedure, especially after 2007, compared to the accustomed "e;traditional"e; one.

The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy assesses the rise of, subsequent political challenges to, and decline of, contemporary liberal democratic processes, in particular since the 'third wave' of democratization from the 1990s.

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity.

Covering key issues ranging from education to political mobilization to racial stratification, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the Obama Presidency.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest and one of the most powerful, political organizations in the world today, which has played a crucial role in initiating most of the major reforms of the past three decades in China.

"e; The South continues to be the most distinctive region in American politics.

The ';blockbuster' (The Guardian) New York Times bestseller, a shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposes the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point.

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

In the United States and Britain, capitalists organized in opposition to clientelism and demanded programmatic parties and institutional reforms.

This book offers the first comprehensive, comparative and coherent perspective on parliamentary candidates in contemporary representative democracy.

By 1976, the National Front had become the fourth largest party in Britain.

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 first introductory book to tackle the coalition and electoral reformParliament is reeling from the expenses scandal, and an increasingly apathetic public can see no difference between Labour, Tory, and the Liberal Democrats.

Although Canada is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries, this volume draws on wide ranging evidence and innovative research from scholars around the world to challenge this assumption.

This book examines the content of MPs' activities through which parliamentarians generate representative claims.

Member ideology and party agenda in the British House of Commons and US House of Representatives similarly create party disloyalty.

This edited volume affords conceptual and analytical convergence in the study of political incivility by bringing together theoretical and empirical work of scholars from various (sub)disciplines studying political incivility within European countries and the USA.

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.

An analysis of the impact of party politics on income redistribution policy in liberal democracies.

This book introduces a new framework for understanding how the relationship between political parties and the state shapes the development of political parties, party systems and democratic consolidation.

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.

Peter Filzmaier und Armin Wolf sprechen oft über Politik.

What happened to the Democratic Party after the 1960s?