Liberal Parties in Western Europe

This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe.

Emil J. Kirchner (Edited by)

9780521323949, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 November 1988

528 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.94 kg

This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programmes and strategies; and international and cross-national links.

List of tables
List of diagrams
List of maps
Notes on the contributors
Preface
1. Introduction Emil J. Kirchner
2. Between left and right: the ambivalence of European liberalism Gordon Smith
3. Two roads of Italian liberalism: the Partito Repubblicano Italiano (PRI) and the Partito Liberale Italiano (PLI) Geoffrey Pridham
4. The FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany: the requirements of survival and success Emil J. Kirchner and David Broughton
5. Great Britain - social liberalism reborn? John Curtice
6. Liberalism in France John Frears
7. Liberal parties in the Netherlands Hans Daalder and Ruud Koole
8. The Belgian liberal parties: economic radicals and social conservatives Christopher Rudd
9. The Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs: protest party or governing party? K. R. Luther
10. The Swedish Liberal Party: the politics of unholy alliances Ulf Lindström and Ingemar Wörlund
11. Liberalism in Denmark: agrarian, radical and still influential Alastair H. Thomas
12. The Norwegian Liberal Party: from political pioneer to political footnote Forn Y. Leiphart and Lars Svåsand
13. Liberal parties in Finland: from perennial coalition actors to an extra-parliamentary role David Arter
14. Liberal parties in Switzerland D. L. Seiler
15. The Luxemburg Liberal Party Derek Hearl
16. Identifying liberal parties Peter Humphreys and Michael Steed
17. Ambivalence revisited: an analysis of liberal party manifestos since 1945 Derek Hearl
18. Transnational links: the ELD and Liberal Party Group in the European Parliament Rudolf Hrbek
19. Western European liberal parties: developments since 1945 and prospects for the future Emil J. Kirchner
Index of political parties
General index.

Subject Areas: Political parties [JPL]