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Native scholars offer clearly written coverage of the relationship between political parties and democracy in the nations of Europe.

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume II: Europe is the second volume in this five-volume set.

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Native scholars offer clearly written coverage of the relationship between post-Soviet and Asian political parties and democracy in their nations.

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume III: Post-Soviet and Asian Political Parties is the third volume in this five-volume set.

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Native scholars offer clearly written coverage of the relationship between political parties and democracy in Africa and Oceania.

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume IV: Africa and Oceania is the fourth volume in this five-volume set.

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Native scholars offer clearly written coverage of the relationship between political parties and democracy in the Arab World and neighboring states.

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume V: The Arab World is the fifth volume in this five-volume set.

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Since its release in 1980, Kay Lawson's Political Parties and Linkage: A Comparative Perspective has become a classic text in the field of political science. The first looks at such topics as the evolution and intellectual development of Lawson's concept through social actors, policy responsiveness, and multi-layer politics.

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A collection of Martin Shefter's articles on political parties. The articles in this work address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge What influences the character of parties In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack

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Exploring the political developments in the post-Soviet countries, this cross-national study gathers on the formation of democratic institutions of Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. It contains seven chapters that see the individual party systems in both their sub-regional contexts as well as in their national ones.

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It pays special attention to the evaluation of the role of political parties in the creation of multicultural, pluralist, and democratic societies.

The contributions to this volume come from indigenous authors who bear the necessary contextual knowledge needed to analyze the political parties in South Asia.

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Emerging studies are organized under the following three sections: Party Reform and Party Systems introduces party reform, nationalization of American politics, and party change in the South.

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This major reference provides comprehensive coverage of the political parties and movements in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

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Against a historical backdrop whose origins go back to the US's acquisition of Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War, the author examines in close detail the evolution of the statehood movement in that territory.

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Examines accepted theories of dealignment and party decay in contemporary America. The author argues that profound realignment occured in the 1960s and presents an alternative theory of realignment and party revival.

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Considers in depth four particular dilemmas for contemporary Conservatism: European integration; national identity and the 'English Question'; social liberalism versus social authoritarianism; and the problems posed by a neo-liberal political economy. -- .

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An intimate, investigative portrait of how the purveyors of the politics of personal crisis and redemption brought down the GOP--and why they're still calling the shots for the party

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A biography of a long-standing Liberal MP. As well as the revival of the Liberal Party and the formation of the Liberal Democrats, it examines his experiences as a Conscientious Objector in the Second World War; his work in the Methodist Church; his role in the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe and in the Lib-Lab Pact. -- .

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Troy Bramston is a former principal speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and an adviser to the Rudd government. He spent 10 years working as an adviser to federal Labor politicians in government and in opposition. He has been a party member for nearly 20 years and has held many positions in the party at a local and state level.

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Every new government promises to represent a new dawn, but for New Labour it was the Covenant that Tony Blair made with Britain. The party that won a landslide victory on May Day 1997 made the special claim that it represented a decisive break with the disappointments of the old left and the old right: its Third Way would transcend both.

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Challenging the argument that party cycles no longer exist, Nelson reconstructs party strength indices associated with national and state Democratic electoral outcomes between 1960 and 2000.