This publication consists of 12 essays on the principal thinkers and schools of thought concerned with the political and historical development of the Labour Party and Labour movement. It is an examination of the major methodologies and approaches in Labour studies and a critica…
Examines the changing role of political parties and political leadership in 14 modern democracies. It shows how modern democracies are increasingly following a presidential logic of governance, through which leadership is becoming more central and more powerful, but also increas…
This volume introduces the emerging topic of political public relations. It maps and defines the field, bringing together scholars from various disciplines' political communication, public relations and political science' to explore the area in detail, and suggests a research ag…
Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political representation have never been…
This work examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid-1990s, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences inco…
Håndbogen indeholder artikler om definitionen på et politisk parti, et parts funktion, partiorganisationen, partierne og samfundet, partierne og staten og partierne i fremtiden
Genoptryk af Sartoris bog fra 1976, hvori han opstiller en typologi for klassifikation af partisystemer suppleret med en del 2, som ikke tidligere har været trykt
Provides facts and figures on the Labour Party since its foundation. Much of the text takes the form of chronologies of Labour's history in government and in opposition. Also studied are Labour's links with groups such as trade unions, the revolutionary left, women and ethnic mi…
What do we really mean when we say a political party has changed? And exactly what is it that drives that change? Political scientists working in the comparative tradition have come up with a general explanation that revolves around the role of election defeats and loss of offic…
An insider's account of the British left and the Labour Party, past and future, by one of its figureheads
Funding democratization
Democracy is a fine political system, but an expensive economic venture. Political parties and election campaigns cost money. Where does the money come from and at what sacrifice? Issues connected with political finance are significant but often neglected aspects of the process …
In this fully updated edition of his coruscating polemic, Tariq Ali shows how, since 1989, politics has become a contest to see who can best serve the needs of the market. In this urgent and wide-ranging case for the prosecution, Ali looks at the people and the events that have …
This text offers a systematic examination of the origins, character, effects and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post-World War II era. The authors demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in different welf…
Appearing at a critical juncture in the history of the Labour Party, "Speak for Britain!" provides an original and challenging interpretation of Labour's evolution from its sectional trade union origins to its present status as a national governing party. Making use of a wide ra…