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Party and Government

An Inquiry into the Relationship between Governments and Supporting Parties in Liberal Democracies

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Editors:
  1. Jean Blondel

    1. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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  2. Maurizio Cotta

    1. University of Siena, Italy

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • J. Blondel, M. Cotta
    Pages 1-21

  3. Britain: A Textbook Case of Government-Supporting Party Relationship

    • J. Blondel
    Pages 22-39

  4. France: Party Government at Last?

    • Laurence Morel
    Pages 40-60

  5. Sweden: From Stability to Instability?

    • O. Ruin
    Pages 61-77

  6. Germany: Party Influence or Chancellor Rule?

    • Thomas König, Ulrike Liebert
    Pages 78-90

  7. Austria: Party Government Within Limits

    • W. C. Müller, W. Philipp, B. Steininger
    Pages 91-109

  8. Finland: Operational Cabinet Autonomy in a Party-Centred System

    • Jaakko Nousiainen
    Pages 110-127

  9. The Netherlands: Parties Between Power and Principle

    • Rudy B. Andeweg
    Pages 128-152

  10. Belgium: Still the Age of Party Government?

    • Lieven De Winter, André-Paul Frognier, Benoit Rihoux
    Pages 153-179

  11. Italy: Sunset of a Partitocracy

    • Maurizio Cotta, Luca Verzichelli
    Pages 180-201

  12. The United States: Divided Government and Divided Parties

    • R. S. Katz
    Pages 202-224

  13. India: How a Government Party Decays when Government Swallows Party

    • J. W. Björkman, K. Mathur
    Pages 225-248

  14. Conclusion

    • J. Blondel, M. Cotta
    Pages 249-262

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 263-284
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About this book

Party and Government is an eleven-country study of the relationship between the governments of liberal democracies, mainly from Western Europe, but also including the United States and India, and the parties which support these governments. It examines this relationship at the three levels at which governments and parties connect: appointments, policy-making, and patronage. The emphasis is on a two-way relationship: parties influence governments but governments also influence parties. The extent and the direction of this influence varies from country to country. In some cases, governments and parties are almost autonomous from each other, as in the United States; in other cases, on the contrary, there is considerable power of one over the other: sometimes the party dominates, sometimes the government.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Jean Blondel

  • University of Siena, Italy

    Maurizio Cotta

About the editors

Jean Blondel is a professorial fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Party and Government

  • Book Subtitle: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Governments and Supporting Parties in Liberal Democracies

  • Editors: Jean Blondel, Maurizio Cotta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24788-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-61660-4Published: 31 July 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-24790-5Published: 13 October 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24788-2Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 284

  • Topics: Comparative Politics, Political Science, Political Theory

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