Political Parties And Coalitions In European Local Government

Author : Colin Mellors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415012713
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties and Coalitions in European Local Government written by Colin Mellors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative guide to the political parties, local government and coalitions of Europe. Written by leading writers in the field, it gives the reader an excellent understanding of the key areas across the continent.

Author : Peter John
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446230597
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local Governance in Western Europe written by Peter John and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-09-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered.... This is a timely and important book′ - Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John′s book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective′ - Professor Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden `Peter John has produced a fascinating and stimulating book in which he assesses current developments in urban politics and local government in Europe and suggests how these changes are leading to different patterns of sub-national territorial politics in the EU today. What he has to say is of important interest to all students of local government; comparative politics and of territorial politics more generally′ - Michael Goldsmith, University of Salford `this book offers a fascinating comparative analysis... themes such as New Public Management, globalisation, regionalism and privatisation will be relevant to numerous courses in government, politics, public administration and public policy′ - West European Politics This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context. The book introduces students to the traditional structures and institutions of local government and shows how these have been transformed in response to increased economic and political competition, new ideas, institutional reform and the Europeanization of public policy. At the book′s core is the perceived transition from local government to local governance. The book traces this key development thematically across a wide range of West European states including: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Author : Daniela Giannetti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134042876
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments written by Daniela Giannetti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments. The authors look beyond party cohesion and discipline in parliamentary democracies to take a broader view, assuming a diversity of preferences among party members and then exploring the incentives that give rise to coordinated party behaviour at the electoral, legislative and executive levels. The chapters in this book share a common analytical framework, confronting theoretical models of government formation with empirical data, some drawn from cross-national analyses and others from theoretically structured case studies. A distinctive feature of the book is that it explores the impact of intra-party politics at different levels of government: national, local and EU. This offers the opportunity to investigate existing theories of coalition formation in new political settings. Finally, the book offers a range of innovative methods for investigating intra-party politics which, for example, creates a need to estimate the policy positions of individual politicians inside political parties. This book will be of interest to political scientists, especially scholars involved in research on political parties, parliamentary systems, coalition formation and legislative behaviour, multilevel governance, European and EU politics.

Author : Michael Laver
Publisher : Palgrave Schol, Print UK
ISBN 13 : 9780333556177
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party Policy and Government Coalitions written by Michael Laver and published by Palgrave Schol, Print UK. This book was released on 1992 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is usually assumed that political parties come together in a government coalition because they agree already, or can manage to reach an agreement, on the policy it should pursue. This book examines this theory, in 12 Western European countries and in Israel.

Author : Norbert Kersting
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3663112586
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reforming Local Government in Europe written by Norbert Kersting and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all Western and Central European local government systems have been reformed since the 1990's. Taking into account variations in historical and national context, the book looks for different ways of local government reform, their emphases and their divergent trajectories.

Author : John Loughlin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191628239
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe written by John Loughlin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart's theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practices across Europe in this regard. Local financial systems also reveal a great variety. Finally, each chapter examines the challenges facing subnational democracy but also the opportunities available to them to enhance their democratic systems. Among the challenges identified are: Europeanization, globalization, but also citizens disaffection and switch-off from politics. Some countries have confronted these challenges more successfully than others but all countries face them. An important aspect of the Handbook is the inclusion of all the countries of East and Central Europe plus Cyprus and Malta, who joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This is the first time they have been examined alongside the countries of Western Europe from the angle of subnational democracy.

Author : Josep Maria Colomer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415267915
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Institutions in Europe written by Josep Maria Colomer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a clear, lucid introduction to the institutional regimes of fifteen countries in western Europe written by an outstanding group of European political scientists. New to the revised second edition: * comprehensive coverage of the political institutions of 15 European countries, including Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Low Countries and the Nordic Countries * each chapter explores political parties, elections and electoral rules, parliaments and national, regional and local governments * a brand new chapter looking at the effect of the European Union * chapters written by leading figures in the field * annotated guides to further reading. The book should be an essential introduction for students of both comparative and European politics.

Author : Michael Laver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multiparty Government written by Michael Laver and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William M. Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coalition Government, Subnational Style written by William M. Downs and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses a theme of central importance to the theory and practice of parliamentary democracy in western Europe: multiparty coalition government in the under-researched institutional setting of subnational (i.e., regional, provincial, local) representative assemblies. Comparison focuses on France, Belgium, and Germany. Part I discusses the literature, outlines criticisms of formal theory, and surveys attempts to use subnational coalitions as data sources. Part II presents theory and methods, and Part III offers empirical analysis. Part IV applies theoretical points made in previous chapters and presents conclusions. Appendices offer a survey questionnaire used for this study and related statistics. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Torbjörn Bergman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003809014
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe written by Torbjörn Bergman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book brings the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic. The volume posits insights from a plethora of experts on party politics and coalition studies from their respective countries, with chapters on Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Embellished with illustrative tables and extensive datasets throughout, each chapter maps the developments of party system change, covering the coalition life cycle from the early 1990s until the end of 2021, and explores whether there has been transformation of the coalition, governance and dissolutions patterns due to heightened pressures. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of coalition politics, representative democracy, governance, political parties, European Union politics, East and Central European politics, and comparative politics.