Party Systems

Part 1 Development and dynamics: cleavage structure and dynamics - party systems and the representation of social groups, S.M. Lipset (1960); the structuring of mass politics in the smaller European democracies - a developmental typology, S. Rokkan (1967-68); political parties, societies and regimes in Europe - some reflections on the literature, D. Urwin (1973); classification and dynamics - party systems and patterns of government in Western democracies, J. Blondel (1968); European political parties - the case of polarized pluralism, G. Sartori (1996); in search of the centre of European party systems, H. Daalder (1984); modelling party competition - a behavioural theory of competitive political parties, K. Strom (1990); a new spatial theory of party competition - uncertainty, ideology and policy, Ian Budge (1994); new players in an old game - party strategy in multiparty systems, G. Rabinowitz et al (1991); party systems and political stability - party systems and patterns of government in Western democracies, J. Blondel (1968); cabinets and party systems in ten smaller European democracies, H. Daalder (1971); party systems and political system performance - participation, stability and violence in contemporary democracies, G.B. Powell (1981). Part 2 Continuity and change: earlier views - explaining persistance of time and partisan stability, P.E. Converse (1969); persistance and change in Western Europe party systems since 1945, R. Rose and D. Urwin (1970); the dynamics of European party systems - changing patterns of electoral volatility, M. Pedersen (1979); modes of adaptation and change - the transformation of the Western European party systems, O. Kirchheimer (1966); the transformation of Western European party systems revisited, S.B. Wolinetz (1979); parties under stress - realignment and dealignment in advanced industrial societies, S.C. Flanagan; left libertarian parties - explaining innovation in competitive party systems, H. Kitschelt (1988); grappling with change - the problem of party system change, P. Mair (1989); a system perspective on party system change, G. Smith (1989); party competition and party system change - the interaction of coalition bargaining and electoral competition, M. Laver (1989).