The Nature of Party Government examines relationships between governments and supporting parties on a comparative European basis. The book does so at the level of principles: there is a major conflict between governments, which should govern and parties, which being representative, wish to shape t
The Nature of Party Government: A Comparative European Perspective
β Scribed by Jean Blondel, Maurizio Cotta (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 248
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Normative Foundations of Party Government....Pages 21-37
Party Government, State and Society: Mapping Boundaries and Interrelations....Pages 38-55
Defining Party and Government....Pages 56-95
A framework for the Empirical Analysis of Government-Supporting Party Relationships....Pages 96-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Political Recruitment and Party Government....Pages 119-140
Patronage by National Governments....Pages 141-160
Governments, Supporting Parties and Policy-making....Pages 161-195
Conclusion: From the Simple World of Party Government to a More Complex View of Party-Government Relationships....Pages 196-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-241
β¦ Subjects
Political Theory; Political Philosophy; Political Science
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