Factional politics : how dominant parties implode or stabilize
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Factional politics : how dominant parties implode or stabilize
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Available at 10 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-257) and index
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Description
Drawing on theories of neo-institutionalism to show how institutions shape dissident behaviour, Boucek develops new ways of measuring factionalism and explains its effects on office tenure. In each of the four cases - from Britain, Canada, Italy and Japan - intra-party dynamics are analyzed through times series and rational choice tools.
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Theory of One-Party Dominance 2. Why Does One-Party Dominance End in Factionalism 3. Majoritarian Democracies: Executive-Dominated Britain and Decentralised Canada 4. Case 1 - The Thatcher-Major Factional Wars Over Europe 5. Case 2 - The Demise of Canadian Liberal Hegemony 6. Non-Majoritarian Democracies: Centrifugal Italy and Consensual Japan 7. Case 3 - Italy's Christian Democrats: How Factional Capture Bred Self-Destruction 8. Case 4 - The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (1955-2009): End of Hegemony Conclusion: How Parties Succeed or Fail to Manage Factionalism and Stay in Power Notes Bibliography Index
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