On Political Parties
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 195
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 195
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 2, S. 195-209
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 1061-1062
ISSN: 1744-9324
Political Parties, William Cross, The Canadian Democratic
Audit series; Vancouver, UBC Press, 2004, pp. 218.Political Parties is part of the Canadian Democratic
Audit series. The expressed aim of the series is to "examine
the way Canadian democracy functions" using three benchmarks,
"public participation, inclusiveness and responsiveness," with
the principle output being not so much a report card but the desire to
"encourage ongoing discussion of how best to fashion Canada's
democratic institutions and practices well into the new century"
(http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts-letters/canadian_studies/cda/pdf/demaudit_overview_15aug.pdf).
Cross's short, readable volume achieves these objectives.
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 437-455
ISSN: 1460-3683
This is a comprehensive study of the special legislation on political parties around the world. In a survey conducted in late 2003, 39 party laws (PLs) identified among the world's states were subjected to a systematic content analysis which confirmed the hypothesis that PLs regulate political parties differently depending on the democratic status of the respective countries. In non-democratic states, regimes tend to use PLs to restrict the freedom of their opponents, while in newly democratized states, democratic regimes use the law to counteract lingering anti-democratic tendencies. In some stable democracies, the PL is primarily a prerequisite for regulation of public party subsidies and political finance. The article concludes with some reflections on PLs in established democratic states.
In: International observer, Band 17, Heft 329, S. 861-863
ISSN: 1061-0324
In: International observer, Band 17, Heft 334, S. 947
ISSN: 1061-0324
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 1014
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 12, Heft 5, S. 581-598
ISSN: 1460-3683
This article investigates the challenges that political parties face in referendums. While political parties are still key actors in a referendum campaign, a number of factors weaken their position. Ambiguous cueing, internal dissidence, electoral volatility and limited impact on citizens' prime information sources reduce the influence of political parties. Large, centrist political parties have the worst performance record in terms of getting their voters to follow the recommendation of the party, while smaller, ideologically strongly profiled parties are more successful in aligning their voters with party policy. At the individual level, we find that, in particular, efficacious voters are likely to disregard the recommendation of their preferred party, while politically disinterested voters are more likely to follow the party endorsement. The article concludes with a discussion of the contingent nature of party control over referendums.
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 1061
ISSN: 0008-4239
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 526-536
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: American political science review, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 399-400
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: Annual review of political science, Band 2, S. 243-268
ISSN: 1094-2939
In: Russian analytical digest: (RAD), Heft 102, S. 1-23
ISSN: 1863-0421
World Affairs Online
In: Living Reviews in European Governance, Band 4
This Living Review makes the case for the study of Europeanization and political parties as related but distinct from the study of political parties and European integration. It then presents the Europeanization approach to parties, noting that some of the components in this approach developed to study policy and institutional change may not lend themselves so well to the study of national parties. This argument distinguishes between direct and indirect effects of European Union influence on parties. Next, it briefly discusses the application of party Europeanization research to post-communist parties. This is followed by a discussion of proposed normative consequences of party Europeanization. Finally, suggestions for further research focuses on the need for refining the analytic framework in order to better identify the causal mechanisms specific to party Europeanization. Adapted from the source document.