The West European Party System

The analysis of party systems in Western Europe has long constituted a major focus of concern in comparative political science. Now for the first time many of the classic writings in this field have been collected into a single volume. The collection contains seminal writings by WeberNeumann Duverger Kirchheimer Daalder Rokkan and Sartori as well as a selection from the more recent debates on changes in European party systems including the contributions of Pedersen Wolinetz and Inglehart. The writings cover the development stabilization and transformation of partysystems and include some of the key analyses which have sought to distinguish between different types of party systems.