How Political Parties Work: Perspectives from Within (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275943936)

This important volume examines the inner dynamics of political parties with the intention of finding out how parties really work. Specialists on Germany, France, New Zealand, Norway, Japan, India, Belgium, Israel, Poland, Britain, and the United States provide analyses of the ways in which power is developed and exercised in those countries--who is trying to do what, within the party and by means of the party, and how successful they are. Political parties are not monoliths, as they have tended to be treated in party system research; rather, they have differentiated internal structures, layers, and levels, and on each of these the motivations and objectives of the participants may be very different. By looking within, these authors provide an understanding of the internal play of party power and why parties function as they do within the broader political arena.

Author: Kay Lawson
ISBN-10: 0275943933
ISBN-13: 9780275943936
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 10/30/1994
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d