Policy, Office, or Votes?: How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521631358)

Leaders of political parties often have to choose among conflicting objectives, such as influence on policy, control of the government, and support among the voters. This book examines the behavior of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives. The volume contains a theoretical introduction and case studies of party leaders in Germany, Italy, France and Spain as well as six smaller European democracies. Each case focuses on the behavior of one of several parties in situations of goal conflict, such as the "historic compromise" in Italy, the 1982 Wende in West Germany, the making of the new Swedish constitution in the 1970s, and the termination of the Austrian "black-red" grand coalition.

Author: Kaare Strom
ISBN-10: 0521631351
ISBN-13: 9780521631358
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/28/1999
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d