{"product_id":"policy-office-or-votes-how-political-parties-in-western-europe-make-hard-decisions-hardback-9780521631358","title":"Policy, Office, or Votes?; How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions (Hardback) 9780521631358","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolicy, Office, or Votes?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the behaviour of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWolfgang C. Müller (Edited by), Kaare Strøm (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521631358, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  24 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The main virtues of this book are...the astute way in which the editors have identified a theoretically important matter that requires a preliminary empirical survey and the professionalism with which the authors of the case studies have set about their tasks.  This is...essential reading for those who have ambitions to build more complex models of party competition.  It is also an attractive supplementary text for those teaching courses on party competition.\"   Michael Laver, Political Science Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLeaders of political parties often have to choose between conflicting objectives, such as influence on policy, control of the government, and support among the voters. This book examines the behaviour of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives. The volume contains a theoretical introduction and case studies of party leaders in Germany, Italy, France and Spain as well as six smaller European democracies. Each case focuses on the behaviour of one of several parties in situations of goal conflict, such as the 'historic compromise' in Italy, the 1982 Wende in West Germany, the making of the new Swedish constitution in the 1970s, and the termination of the Austrian 'black-red' grand coalition. In their conclusions, the editors discuss how such leadership decisions can be understood and examine the causes of different choices among party leaders.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFigures\u003cbr\u003e Tables\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. Political parties and hard choices Kaare Strøm and Wolfgang C. Müller\u003cbr\u003e 2. Office, votes and then policy: hard choices for political parties in the Republic of Ireland, 1981–1992 Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e 3. Party behaviour and the formation of minority coalition governments: Danish experiences from the 1970s and 1980s Jørgen Elklit\u003cbr\u003e 4. From policy-seeking to office-seeking: the metamorphosis of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party Donald Share\u003cbr\u003e 5. Changing strategies: the dilemma of the Dutch Labour Party Ron Hillebrand and Galen A. Irwin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Party behaviour in a polarized system: the Italian Communist Party and the historic compromise Roberto D'Alimonte\u003cbr\u003e 7. Decision for opposition: the Austrian Socialist Party's abandonment of government participation in 1966 Wolfgang C. Müller\u003cbr\u003e 8. Leadership accountability and bargaining failure in Norway: the Presthus debacle Kaare Strøm\u003cbr\u003e 9. Winner takes all: the FDP in 1982–1983: maximizing votes, office and policy? Thomas Poguntke\u003cbr\u003e 10. Trade-offs in Swedish constitutional design: the monarchy under challenge Torbjörn Bergman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Parliamentary rules and party behaviour during minority government in France John D. Huber\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusions: party behaviour and representative democracy Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political structures: democracy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structures: democracy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structures:%20democracy%20%5BJPHV%5D%22\"\u003eJPHV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129316430104,"sku":"9780521631358","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521631358i.jpg?v=1691666630","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/policy-office-or-votes-how-political-parties-in-western-europe-make-hard-decisions-hardback-9780521631358","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}