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Party Politics and Democracy in Europe. Essays in honour of Peter Mair
03.02.2016
This edited collection, in honour of the late political scientist Peter Mair, contains original chapters that are directly linked to his theoretical and/or methodological ideas and approaches.
Peter Mair demonstrated that political parties have traditionally been central actors in European politics and an essential focus of comparative European political science. Though the nature of political parties and the manner in which they operate has been subject to significant change in recent decades, parties remain a crucial factor in the working of European liberal democracies. This volume analyses recent developments and current challenges that European parties, party systems and democracy face. All essays are directly linked to Peter Mair’s theoretical and/or methodological ideas and approaches. Some chapters apply his empirical findings to new research topics, others develop his ideas under different framework conditions, while yet others test his hypotheses in a wider context.
The volume will be of key interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, democracy studies, political parties, and European politics and European Union studies.
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the Leuphana University, Germany.
Fernando Casal Bértoa is a Nottingham Research Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations in the University of Nottingham, UK.
Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand; Casal Bértoa, Fernando (Hrsg.): Party Politics and Democracy in Europe. Essays in honour of Peter Mair, 2016, Abingdon: Routledge, 264 Seiten, £90.00, ISBN 978-1-138-80056-4