Political Parties and Party Systems

Taylor & Francis

The development of British parties set within a strong theoretical framework - a ground-breaking text for students which examines areas ignored by standard descriptive works. > This comprehensive textbook outlines and illuminates the main theories of political parties and party systems. Applying these theoretical approaches to British party politics, Moshe Maor covers all the key subjects of study including:* classification of party definitions* party systems change* party institutionalization* cohesion and dissent* intraparty conflicts and ligislative bargaining* multiparty electoral competitionMaor's study highlights the importance of the intraparty arena and actors in understanding the shape and behaviour of political parties, providing essential reading to students of party systems and of British politics. > Preface 1 Classifying party definitions; A scheme of organisation for party definitions; The format of the book 2 Party system change 3 Party institutionalisation 4 Mod.