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American Parties in Context - Comparative and Historical Analysis (Paperback): Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda American Parties in Context - Comparative and Historical Analysis (Paperback)
Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda
R1,516 Discovery Miles 15 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Roughly sixty-five years ago, a group of political scientists operating as the "Committee on Political Parties" of the American Political Association thought long and hard about whether the American parties were adequately serving their democracy, and made specific recommendations for improvements. Comparing the parties of this country to those of Great Britain, the Committee found the American parties to be lacking in such fundamentals as clear policy differences, strong and effective organization, and unity of purpose among each party's representatives in public offices. Starting from that background, this book is intended to significantly enhance students' understanding of the American parties today by putting them in broader context. How do the twenty-first century Democrats and Republicans compare to the APSA Committee's "responsible parties model" of the mid-twentieth? And how do the American parties compare to parties of other democracies around the world, including especially the British parties? Harmel, Giebert, and Janda answer those questions and, in the process, demonstrate that the American parties have moved significantly in the direction of the responsible parties model, but while showing little inclination for implementing the greater discipline the Committee thought essential. Already having provided as much ideological choice as the British parties, the US parties have now edged closer on the other critical requirement of legislative cohesion. The authors show that the latter has resulted "naturally" from the greater homogenization of the meaning of "Democrat" and "Republican" across the country, both within the electorate and now within Congress as well. The dramatic increase in cohesion is not the product of greater party discipline, but rather of sectoral realignments.

American Parties in Context - Comparative and Historical Analysis (Hardcover): Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda American Parties in Context - Comparative and Historical Analysis (Hardcover)
Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda
R4,125 Discovery Miles 41 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Roughly sixty-five years ago, a group of political scientists operating as the "Committee on Political Parties" of the American Political Association thought long and hard about whether the American parties were adequately serving their democracy, and made specific recommendations for improvements. Comparing the parties of this country to those of Great Britain, the Committee found the American parties to be lacking in such fundamentals as clear policy differences, strong and effective organization, and unity of purpose among each party's representatives in public offices. Starting from that background, this book is intended to significantly enhance students' understanding of the American parties today by putting them in broader context. How do the twenty-first century Democrats and Republicans compare to the APSA Committee's "responsible parties model" of the mid-twentieth? And how do the American parties compare to parties of other democracies around the world, including especially the British parties? Harmel, Giebert, and Janda answer those questions and, in the process, demonstrate that the American parties have moved significantly in the direction of the responsible parties model, but while showing little inclination for implementing the greater discipline the Committee thought essential. Already having provided as much ideological choice as the British parties, the US parties have now edged closer on the other critical requirement of legislative cohesion. The authors show that the latter has resulted "naturally" from the greater homogenization of the meaning of "Democrat" and "Republican" across the country, both within the electorate and now within Congress as well. The dramatic increase in cohesion is not the product of greater party discipline, but rather of sectoral realignments.

Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties - The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway... Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties - The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway (Paperback)
Robert Harmel, Lars g. Svasand, Hilmar Mjelde
R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When it comes to party institutionalisation - at least for entrepreneurial right-wing protest parties -- leadership matters! That is the primary takeaway from this book. Of the hundreds of new parties that have formed since the 1970s, many have fallen by the wayside, but others have gone on to reach institution-hood. And some of the latter have then met with decay and de-institutionalisation. The experiences of the Progress Parties of Denmark and Norway - both of which institutionalised and one of which then de-institutionalised - shed important light on both topics. While focusing particularly on those two cases, the authors develop conceptual and theoretical frameworks that are broadly applicable, as demonstrated in the final chapter and in an elaborate appendix.

Institutionalisation of Political Parties - Comparative Cases (Hardcover): Robert Harmel, Lars g. Svasand Institutionalisation of Political Parties - Comparative Cases (Hardcover)
Robert Harmel, Lars g. Svasand
R2,734 Discovery Miles 27 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited collection builds directly upon the recently published book by Harmel, Svasand, and Mjelde (Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway) and applies their conceptual framework to a wide range of additional cases. Employing a common conceptual framework throughout, the chapters cover a broad range of cases and make important contributions toward building theories on why some parties succeed in institutionalising while others fail. The book is primarily about the status some parties achieve as an 'institution', the means by which parties may acquire that status, and some of the obstacles that stand in their way.

Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties - The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway... Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties - The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway (Hardcover)
Robert Harmel, Lars g. Svasand, Hilmar Mjelde
R2,700 Discovery Miles 27 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When it comes to party institutionalisation - at least for entrepreneurial right-wing protest parties -- leadership matters! That is the primary takeaway from this book. Of the hundreds of new parties that have formed since the 1970s, many have fallen by the wayside, but others have gone on to reach institution-hood. And some of the latter have then met with decay and de-institutionalisation. The experiences of the Progress Parties of Denmark and Norway - both of which institutionalised and one of which then de-institutionalised - shed important light on both topics. While focusing particularly on those two cases, the authors develop conceptual and theoretical frameworks that are broadly applicable, as demonstrated in the final chapter and in an elaborate appendix.

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