Bonnie M. Meguid

Party Competition Between Unequals

Strategies and Electoral Fortunes in Western Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

Meguid explores how and why established parties undermine niche parties or use them against other mainstream opponents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521169080
• ISBN-10: 0521169089
• Artikelnr.: 28515543

Autorenporträt

Bonnie Meguid is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Her research on party competition has been published in The American Political Science Review. Her research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Krupp Foundation, and her doctoral dissertation was awarded the Samuel H. Beer Prize for Best Ph.D. Dissertation on British Politics by the British Politics Group.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The niche party phenomenon; 2. Position, salience, and ownership: a
strategic theory of niche party success; 3. An analysis of niche party
fortunes in Western Europe; 4. A theory of strategic choice; 5. Stealing
the environmental title: British mainstream party strategies and the
containment of the Green Party; 6. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend':
French mainstream party strategies and the success of the Front National;
7. An uneven battle of opposing forces: mainstream party strategies and the
success of the Scottish National Party; 8. Cross-national comparisons and
extensions; 9. Conclusions: broader lessons of competition between
unequals.