| Political Parties and the Collapse of the Old Orders Contributor(s): White, John Kenneth (Editor), Davies, Philip John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791440672 ISBN-13: 9780791440674 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties |
| Dewey: 324.209 |
| LCCN: 98006506 |
| Series: Suny Political Party Development |
| Physical Information: (1.16 lbs) 251 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the passage of the Cold War, political parties in nearly every corner of the globe have undergone a vast upheaval. Old ideas have become obsolete, electoral maps have been redrawn, party structures have been rebuilt, and new leaders have emerged. Political Parties and the Collapse of the Old Orders describes these changes using several countries as laboratories: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Israel, South Africa, and Russia. While the nature and extent of the political upheavals vary from place to place, the transformations in each nation's party system have been extraordinary. In this "new world order," the old political arrangements and old ways of doing things have disappeared. The altered states of political parties in the post-Cold War world pose a central question: what does change look like? The answers given here illuminate our understanding of why the world has changed and how political parties are attempting to cope with it. |