The analysis of party systems in Western Europe has long constituted a major focus of concern in comparative political science. Many of the classic writings in this field have here been collected into a single volume. "The West European Party System" contains seminal writings by Weber, Neuman, Duverger, Kirchheimer, Daalder, Rookan and Sartori, as well as a selection from the more recent debates on changes in European party systems, including the contributions of Pedersen, Wolinetz and Inglehart. The collection as a whole covers the development, stabilization and transformation of party systems and includes some of the key analyses which have sought to distinguish between different types of party system. The essays are among the most widely-cited in the contemporary literature on comparative West European politics.
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Part 1 The development of the mass party: the origin of political parties, Joseph La Palombara and Myron Weiner
the advent of plebiscitarian democracy, Max Weber
caucus and branch, cadre parties and mass parties, Maurice Duverger
the party of democratic integration, Sigmund Neumann
the catchall party, Otto Kirchheimer
parties in pluralism, Alessandro Pizzorno. Part 2 The stabilization of party systems: structuring the party system, Giovanni Sartori
the "reach" of the party system, Hans Daalder
cleavage structures, party systems and voter alignments, Seymour Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan
towards a generalized concept of "Verzuiling", Stein Rokkan
the sociology of parties, Giovanni Sartori. Part 3 The transformation of party systems: persistence and change in western party systems, 1945-1969, Richard Rose and Derek W.Urwin
electoral volatility in Western Europe, 1948-1977, Mogens N.Pedersen
parameters of change, Peter Mair
the transformation of Western European party systems, Steven B.Wolinetz
models of change, Scott C.Flanagan and Russell J.Dalton
the nature of value change, Ronald Inglehart
dimensions of ideology in European party systems, Arend Lijphart
from class-based to value-based politics, Ronald Inglehart. Part 4 Types of party system: the two-party system and the multi-party system, Maurice Duverger
party systems and patterns of opposition, Robert A.Dahl