Parties and Party Systems

Structure and Context

Edited by Richard Johnston & Campbell Sharman
Categories: Political Science, Canadian Political Science, History, Canadian History, Government & Elections
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774829557, 336 pages, November 2015
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774829571, 336 pages, November 2015
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774829588, 336 pages, November 2015
Ebook (MobiPocket) : 9780774830843, 336 pages, December 2016
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Table of contents

Preface

 

Introduction / Richard Johnston and Campbell Sharman

 

1 Brokerage Parties, Brokerage Politics / R. Kenneth Carty

 

2 Regional Pivots and Brokerage Politics / Richard Johnston

 

3 Barbarians at the Gate? Conservative Identifiers and the Myths of Brokerage Politics / David K. Stewart and Anthony M. Sayers

 

4 Franchising the Franchise Party: How Far Can a New Concept Travel? / Steven B. Wolinetz

 

5 Courting, but Not Always Serving: Perverted Burkeanism and the Puzzle of Irish Parliamentary Cohesion / David M. Farrell, Peter Mair, Séin Ó Muineacháin, and Matthew Wall

 

6 Parties, Politicians, and Parliaments: The Impact of Intra-Party Democracy on Party Unity / Reuven Y. Hazan and Gideon Rahat

 

7 Towards a European Politics / Luciano Bardi, Richard S. Katz, and Peter Mair

 

8 Politicians and Local Party Organizations: A Delegation Approach / Royce Koop

 

9 Patterns of Party Recruitment and Campaign Individualisation in an SMP System / William Cross and Lisa Young

 

10 Joining Isn’t Everything: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Party Organizations / Emilie van Haute

 

11 Canada’s National Parties: From Private to Public Institutions / John C. Courtney

 

12 Canadian Public Funding of Parties and the End of Per-Vote Subsidies: Parties, Strategic Interests, and Decartelization / Peter Aucoin and Herman Bakvis

 

13 Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Legitimacy in Canada / Campbell Sharman and Kyle Attanasio

 

14 Winners, Losers, and Electoral System Change / Fred Cutler and Graeme Hooper

 

15 Parties and Party Systems: The Imperatives of Integration / Richard Johnston and Campbell Sharman

 

Contributors

 

Index

Description

Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of parties within party systems. Blending theory and case studies, Parties and Party Systems builds upon the work of R. Kenneth Carty to examine how parties weather the organizational challenge of appealing to a dispersed membership while maintaining a degree of central direction. This volume will provoke theoretical reconsideration and inspire research at the organization-system nexus.