On parties, party systems and democracy : selected writings of Peter Mair
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On parties, party systems and democracy : selected writings of Peter Mair
(ECPR Press essays)
ECPR Press, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This collection brings together some of the most significant and influential work by leading comparativist Peter Mair (1951-2011). The selection ranges from considerations on the relevance of concept formation to the study of party systems and party organisations; and from reflections on the democratic legitimacy of the European Union to the future of party democracy. Including frequently cited papers alongside lesser-known work, the writings collected in this volume attest to the broad scope and depth of Mair's insights into comparative party politics, and the changing realities of party government. As such, they form an important and enduring contribution to the study of politics, and a fitting tribute to an inspirational and much-missed figure in the global political science community. Edited and introduced by Ingrid van Biezen, with an intellectual portrait of Peter Mair by Stefano Bartolini and Hans Daalder.
Table of Contents
Contents
List of Figures and Tables xi
Preface and Acknowledgements xv
Sources xvii
Introduction: On Parties, Party Systems and Democracy 1
by Ingrid van Biezen
Peter Mair: An Intellectual Portrait 25
by Stefano Bartolini and Hans Daalder
Part One: Comparative Politics
Chapter One: Comparative Politics: An Overview (1996) 45
Chapter Two: Concepts and Concept Formation (2008) 71
Part Two: National Politics
Chapter Three: The Autonomy of the Political:
The Development of the Irish Party System (1979) 93
Chapter Four: Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in
Ireland (1992) 115
Chapter Five: Electoral Volatility and the Dutch Party System:
A Comparative Perspective (2008) 143
Part Three: Party Systems
Chapter Six: Adaptation and Control:
Towards an Understanding of Party and Party System Change
(1983) 161
Chapter Seven: Left-Right Political Scales: Some `Expert'
Judgments (1984) 187
with Francis G. Castles
Chapter Eight: The Problem of Party System Change (1989) 205
Chapter Nine: Cleavage Systems (1990) 231
with Stefano Bartolini
viii On Parties, Party Systems and Democracy
Chapter Ten: Myths of Electoral Change and the Survival of
Traditional Parties (1992) 267
Chapter Eleven: Party Systems and Structures of Competition (1996) 281
Chapter Twelve: In the Aggregate: Mass Electoral Behaviour in
Western Europe 1950-2000 (2002) 305
Part Four: Political Parties
Chapter Thirteen: Continuity, Change and the
Vulnerability of Party (1989) 327
Chapter Fourteen: The Evolution of Party Organizations in Europe:
The Three Faces of Party Organization (1993) 349
with Richard S. Katz
Chapter Fifteen: Party Organizations: From Civil Society
to the State (1994) 371
Chapter Sixteen: Changing Models of Party Organization and
Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party (1995) 393
with Richard S. Katz
Chapter Seventeen: Party Membership in Twenty European
Democracies, 1980-2000 (2001) 415
with Ingrid van Biezen
Chapter Eighteen: The Ascendancy of the Party in Public Office:
Party Organizational Change in 20th-Century Democracies (2002) 435
with Richard S. Katz
Part Five: European Union
Chapter Nineteen: The Limited Impact of Europe on National
Party Systems (2000) 459
Chapter Twenty: Political Opposition and the European Union (2007) 481
Chapter Twenty-One: Political Representation and Government in
the European Union (2010) 495
with Jacques Thomassen
Contents ix
Part Six: (The Future of) Party Democracy
Chapter Twenty-Two: Populist Democracy vs. Party
Democracy (2002) 513
Chapter Twenty-Three: Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western
Democracy (2006) 531
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Challenge to Party Government (2008) 555
Chapter Twenty-Five: Representative vs. Responsible
Government (2009) 581
Bibliography of Peter Mair 597
Index 613
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