Collects 23 previously published essays from journals such as American Review of Politics, West European Politics, and Journal of Theoretical Politics . The essays look at party organization, the internal distribution of power, the formation of new parties, adaptation and change in party systems, and the effects of parties on policy. Representative topics include formalizing and testing Durverger's theories on political parties, the evolution of party organizations in Europe, the Special Law of curvilinear disparity, hypotheses on the emergence of extreme right-wing parties in Europe, class structure and social democratic party strategy, and political parties and macroeconomic policy. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Acknowledgements vii(2) Series Preface ix(2) Introduction xi PART I PARTIES AND WHAT THEY DO 3(80) Howard A. Scarrow (1967) 1 `The Function of Political Parties: A Critique of the Literature and the Approach, Journal of Politics, 29, pp. 770-90. 3(22) Anthony King (1969) 2 `Political Parties in Western Democracies: Some Sceptical Reflections, Polity, II, pp. 111-41. 25(32) William R. Schonfeld (1983) 3 `Political Parties: The Functional Approach and the Structural Alternative, Comparative Politics, 15, pp. 477-99. 57(26) PART II PARTY ORGANIZATION 83(128) Kenneth Janda Desmond S. King (1985) 4 `Formalizing and Testing Durvergers Theories on Political Parties, Comparative Political Studies, 18, pp. 139-69. 83(32) Joseph A. Schlesinger (1984) 5 `On the Theory of Party Organization, Journal of Politics, 46, pp. 369-400. 115(32) Angelo Panebianco (1988) 6 `Dominant Coalition and Organizational Stability, in his Political Parties: Organization and Power, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 33-45, 283-5. 147(16) Susan E. Scarrow (1994) 7 `The Paradox of Enrollment: Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Party Memberships, European Journal of Political Research, 25, pp. 41-60. 163(20) Richard S. Katz Peter Mair (1993) 8 `The Evolution of Party Organizations in Europe: The Three Faces of Party Organization, American Review of Politics, 14, pp. 593-617. 183(28) PART III THE INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER 211(60) John D. May (1973) 9 `Opinion Structure of Political Parties: The Special Law of Curvilinear Disparity, Political Studies, XXI, pp. 135-51. 211(18) Herbert Kitschelt (1989) 10 `The Internal Politics of Parties: The Law of Curvilinear Disparity Revisited, Political Studies, XXXVII, pp. 400-21. 229(22) David Hine (1982) 11 `Factionalism in West European Parties: A Framework for Analysis, West European Politics, pp. 36-53. 251(20) PART IV NEW PARTIES 271(72) Robert Harmel John D. Robertson (1985) 12 `Formation and Success of New Parties: A Cross-National Analysis, International Political Science Review, 6, pp. 501-23. 271(24) Thomas Poguntke (1987) 13 `New Politics and Party Systems: The Emergence of a New Type of Party?, West European Politics, 10, pp. 76-88. 295(14) Piero Ignazi (1992) 14 `The Silent Counter-Revolution: Hypotheses on the Emergence of Extreme Right-wing Parties in Europe, European Journal of Political Research, 22, pp. 3-34. 309(34) PART V ADAPTATION AND CHANGE 343(156) Howard L. Reiter (1989) 15 `Party Decline in the West: A Skeptics View, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1, pp. 325-48. 343(24) Robert Harmel Kenneth Janda (1994) 16 `An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 6, pp. 259-87. 367(30) Thomas A. Koelble (1992) 17 `Recasting Social Democracy in Europe: A Nested Games Explanation of Strategic Adjustment in Political Parties, Politics and Society, 20, pp. 51-70. 397(20) Herbert Kitschelt (1993) 18 `Class Structure and Social Democratic Party Strategy, British Journal of Political Science, 23, pp. 299-337. 417(40) Steven B. Wolinetz (1989) 19 `Party System Change: The Catch-all Thesis Revisited, West European Politics, 14, pp. 113-28. 457(16) Richard S. Katz Peter Mair (1995) 20 `Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party, Party Politics, 1, pp. 5-28. 473(26) PART VI PARTIES AND POLICY 499(66) Alan Ware (1992) 21 `Activist-Leader Relations and the Structure of Political Parties: Exchange Models and Vote-Seeking Behaviour in Parties, British Journal of Political Science, 22, pp. 71-92. 499(22) Ian Budge (1993) 22 `Parties, Programs and Policies: A Comparative and Theoretical Perspective, American Review of Politics, 14, pp. 695-716. 521(22) Douglas A. Hibbs Jr. (1977) 23 `Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy, American Political Science Review, 71, pp. 1467-87. 543(22) Name Index 565
