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Liberal parties in Western Europe / edited by Emil J. Kirchner.

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This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programmes and strategies; and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Kirchner, Emil Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Political parties > Europe.
Liberalism > Europe.
Liberalism.
Political parties.
Europe.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Emil J. Kirchner
  • Between left and right : the ambivalence of European liberalism / Gordon Smith
  • Two roads of Italian liberalism : the Partito Repubblicano Italiano (PRI) and the Partito Liberale Italiano (PLI) / Geoffrey Pridham
  • The FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany : the requirements of survival and success / Emil J. Kirchner & David Broughton
  • Great Britain-social liberalism reborn? / John Curtice
  • Liberalism in France / John Frears
  • Liberal parties in the Netherlands / Hans Daalder & Ruud Koole
  • The Belgian liberal parties : economic radical and social conservatives / Christopher Rudd
  • The Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs : protest party or governing party? / K.R. Luther
  • The Swedish Liberal Party : the politics of unholy alliances / Ulf Lindström & Ingemar Wörlund
  • Liberalism in Denmark : agrarian, radical and still influential / Alastair H. Thomas
  • The Norwegian Liberal Party : from political pioneer to political footnote / Jørn Y. Leiphart & Lars Svåsand
  • Liberal parties in Finland : from perennial coalition actors to an extra-parliamentary role / David Arter
  • Liberal parties in Switzerland / D.L. Seiler
  • The Luxemburg Liberal Party / Derek Hearl
  • Identifying liberal parties / Peter Humphreys & Michael Steed
  • Ambivalence revisited : an analysis of liberal party manifestos since 1945 / Derek Hearl
  • Transnational links : the ELD and Liberal Party Group in the European Parliament / Rudolf Hrbek
  • Western European liberal parties : developments since 1945 and prospects for the future / Emil J. Kirchner.

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