Political Parties and Democracy

Native scholars offer clearly written coverage of the relationship between political parties and democracy in the nations of Europe.Political Parties and Democracy: Volume II: Europe is the second volume in this five-volume set. It offers clearly written up-to-date coverage of the political parties of this diverse region from the unique perspective of distinguished indigenous scholars who have lived the truths they tell and thus write with unique breadth depth and scope. Presented in two parts this volume first discusses the political parties in Western Europe devoting a chapter each to France Germany Italy Spain the United Kingdom Denmark and Norway. It then explores the realities on the ground in Eastern Europe with chapters on Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic. Throughout contributors explore the relationship between political parties and democracy (or democratization) in their respective nations providing necessary historical socioeconomic and institutional context and clarifying the balance of power among partiesand between them and competing agencies of powertoday.