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Parties of the extreme Right have experienced a dramatic rise in
electoral support in many countries in Western Europe over the last
two and a half decades. This phenomenon has been far from uniform,
however, and the considerable attention that the more successful
Right-wing extremist parties have received has sometimes obscured
the fact that these parties have not recorded high electoral
results in all West European democracies. Furthermore, their
electoral scores have also varied over time, with the same party
recording low electoral scores in one election but securing high
electoral scores in another. This book examines the reasons behind
the variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European
parties of the extreme Right in the period since the late 1970s. It
proposes a number of different explanations as to why certain
parties of the extreme Right have performed better than others at
the polls and it investigates each of these different explanations
systematically and in depth. -- .
This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties
have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.
The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first
empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the
internal organizational dynamics of national political parties. It
draws on the results of a major, cross-national project and is
based on documentary analysis and some 150 interviews with senior
party actors in six EU member states: Austria, Britain, France,
Germany, Spain and Sweden. Situated in the context of the debate on
Europeanization, the contributors illustrate that national
political parties have been surprisingly well equipped to handle
the challenges of the increasing importance of multi-level
governance in Europe. Following a rigorous analytical framework,
the country studies examine thirty relevant political parties and
systematically address a clearly defined set of empirical
questions. The volume ends with two comparative chapters that
analyze the findings from a cross-national perspective and that
offer theoretical insights into the problems of party government
amid increasing European integration. This text will appeal to all
those researching in the fields of European studies, political
science and comparative politics.
This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties
have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.
The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first
empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the
internal organizational dynamics of national political parties. It
draws on the results of a major, cross-national project and is
based on documentary analysis and some 150 interviews with senior
party actors in six EU member states: Austria, Britain, France,
Germany, Spain and Sweden. Situated in the context of the debate on
Europeanization, the contributors illustrate that national
political parties have been surprisingly well equipped to handle
the challenges of the increasing importance of multi-level
governance in Europe. Following a rigorous analytical framework,
the country studies examine thirty relevant political parties and
systematically address a clearly defined set of empirical
questions. The volume ends with two comparative chapters that
analyze the findings from a cross-national perspective and that
offer theoretical insights into the problems of party government
amid increasing European integration. This text will appeal to all
those researching in the fields of European studies, political
science and comparative politics.
Parties of the extreme right have experienced a dramatic rise in
electoral support in many countries in Western Europe over the last
two and a half decades. This phenomenon has been far from uniform,
however, and the considerable attention that the more successful
right-wing extremist parties have received has sometimes obscured
the fact that parties of the extreme right have not recorded high
electoral results in all West European democracies. Furthermore,
the electoral scores of these parties have also varied over time,
with the same party recording low electoral scores in one election
but securing high electoral scores in another. This book, available
in paperback for the first time, examines the reasons behind the
variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European parties of
the extreme right in the period since the late 1970s. It proposes a
number of different explanations as to why certain parties have
performed better than others at the polls and it investigates each
of these different explanations systematically and in depth. As
well as offering a comprehensive analysis of the reasons behind the
uneven electoral success of the West European parties of the
extreme right, this book provides up-to-date information on all
right-wing extremist parties that have contested elections at
national level across Western Europe since the late 1970s. In
addition to examining the parties' ideology and organisation, it
discusses their relationship with the parties of the mainstream,
and it investigates the impact that electoral institutions have on
their ability to attract votes. This book is aimed at both scholars
and students interested in the extreme right, in party politics and
in comparative politics more generally. -- .
Meetings with Mrs. Collins
Mary Bridget Collins survived the Irish Potato Famine and endured
hard years of homesteading in Minnesota with an abusive husband. In
1880, she escaped with her young daughter Rose, and made her way
across the Great Plains to Montana working as a cook for the
Northern Pacific Railroad construction crew. Montana Territory was
bustling with activity: the end of the buffalo herds, the long
cattle drives from Texas, and the expansion of the railroads. Mary
settled in the rough frontier town of Terry, Montana, where, in
1893, she met the aristocratic Englishwoman Evelyn Cameron and her
ornithologist husband Ewen, who were escaping the confines of
British society to create a new life as horse ranchers. Evelyn
Cameron's diaries reveal intriguing details of her life on the
frontier - including a rare glimpse of nineteenth-century Montana
cuisine - and document her struggles to become a professional
photographer. They also tell the story of an unlikely friendship
with the engaging and eccentric Mrs. Collins, who was a valuable
resource to the young Cameron's as they learned to survive in this
desolate, yet beautiful land. On March 20, 1900, Evelyn
photographed Mrs. Collins: "Mrs. Collins had a great time getting
herself and room ready. She couldn't find her gown & lost her
false teeth. She thought her dog had gone off with them. Finally
she wished me to go & borrow Mrs. Van Horn's, which I did. She
had to take them out & wash them first Then they proved too
large for her mouth. I found hers under the bed coverlid."
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Hand Me Downs (Hardcover)
Michele Elizabeth Carter
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