Policy, Office, or Votes? - Müller, C. / Strøm, Kaare (eds.)
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Leaders 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 behavior 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 behavior of one of several parties in situations of goal conflict, such as the 'historic compromise' in…mehr

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Leaders 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 behavior 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 behavior 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.

Table of contents:
1. Political parties and hard choices Kaare Strøm and Wolfgang C. Müller; 2. Office, votes and then policy: hard choices for political parties in the Republic of Ireland Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell; 3. Party behavior and the formation of minority coalition governments: some recent Danish experiences Jorgen Elklit; 4. From policy seeking to office seeking: the metamorphosis of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Donald Share; 5. Changing strategies: the Dutch Labour Party Ron Hillebrand and Galen Irwin; 6. Party behavior in a polarized system: the Italian Communist Party and the historic compromise Roberto D'Alimonte; 7. Decision for opposition: the Austrian Socialist Party's abandonment of government participation in 1966 Wolfgang C. Muller; 8. The Presthus debacle: the failure of non-socialist cooperation in Norway 1987 Kaare Strøm; 9. Winner takes all: the FDP in 1982-83: maximizing votes, office and policy? Thomas Pogunthke; 10. Trade-offs in constitutional design: the compromise in Torekov Torbjörn Bergman; 11. Parliamentary rules and party behavior during minority government in France John D. Huber; 12. Conclusions: party behavior and representative democracy Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.

This book examines the behavior 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.

This book examines the behavior of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives.