Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations

Mair Examines How We Interpret The Evidence Of Change And Stability In Modern Parties And Party Systems. Focusing On Processes Of Political Adaptation And Control, He Also Looks At How Parties Generate Or Freeze Their Own Momentum. 1. On The Freezing Of Party Systems -- 2. Continuities, Changes, And The Vulnerability Of Party -- 3. The Problem Of Party System Change -- 4. Myths Of Electoral Change And The Survival Of The 'old' Parties -- 5. Party Organization, Party Democracy, And The Emergence Of The Cartel Party / Peter Mair And Richard S. Katz -- 6. Popular Legitimacy And Public Privileges: Party Organizations In Civil Society And The State -- 7. Electoral Markets And Stable States -- 8. What Is Different About Post-communist Party Systems? -- 9. Party Systems And Structures Of Competition. Peter Mair. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [225]-238) And Index.