When parties prosper : the uses of electoral success /
edited by Kay Lawson, Peter H. Merkl.
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
- vi, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-395) and index.
Political parties in the twenty-first century / Britain's new Labour party : prospering in an antiparty climate / Sweden : still a stable party system? / European social democracy : failing successfully / Poland's democratic left alliance : beyond postcommunist succession / Lithuanian Social Democrats : a prosperous postcommunist party / Germany's Christian Democrats : survivors in a secular society / Japan : why parties fail, yet survive / Russia's political parties : deep in the shadow of the president / Mexico : helping the opposition prosper / Israel 's Shas : party prosperity and dubious democracy / Chile : from individual politics to party militancy / Italy : a tale of two parties / France : antisystem parties vs. government parties / The US two-party system : using power to prosper / Becoming the party of government / When parties dedemocratize / Kay Lawson and Peter H. Merkl -- David McKay -- Tommy Möller -- William E. Paterson and James Sloam -- Hironim Kubiak -- Algis Krupavičius -- Uruguayan party system : transition within transition / Jorge Lanzaro -- Frank Bösch -- Haruhiro Fukui -- Anotoly Kulik -- Mark A. Martinez -- Yael Yishai -- Alfredo Joignant and Patricio Navia -- Gianfranco Pasquino -- Florence Haegel and Marc Lazar -- Robin Kolodny -- Peter H. Merkl -- Kay Lawson.