Political parties and democracy/ 
edited by Kay Lawson 
 - California:  Praeger,  2010. 
 - 304p.  25cm. 
<br/><br/><br/><br/> Volume 2: Europe --<br/>Political parties and democracy: three stages of power / Kay Lawson --<br/>Introduction to political parties and democracy: Europe / Kay Lawson --<br/><br/>Part 1: Western Europe --<br/>Chapter 1: Political parties and democracy in France: an ambiguous relationship / Nicolas Sauger --<br/>Chapter 2: Development of a multiparty system in Germany: a threat to democratic stability? / Juergen Falter --<br/>Chapter 3: Three ages of party politics in postwar Italy / Piero Ignazi --<br/>Chapter 4: Spanish parties and democracy: weak party-society linkage and intense party-state symbiosis / Luis Ramiro and Laura Morales --<br/>Chapter 5: New questions for parties and democracy in the United Kingdom: participation, choice, and control / Paul Webb --<br/><br/>Part 2: Scandinavia --<br/>Chapter 6: Massive stability of the Danish multiparty system: a pyrrhic victory? / Christian Elmelund-Præstekær, Jørgen Elklit, and Ulrik Kjaer --<br/>Chapter 7: Parties as vehicles of democracy in Norway: still working after all these years? / Elin Haugsgjerd Allern --<br/>Part 3: Eastern Europe --<br/>Chapter 8: Political parties and democracy: the Polish case / Hieronim Kubiak --<br/>Chapter 9: Relationship between parties and democracy in Hungary / Attila Ágh --<br/>Chapter 10: Czech party system and democracy: a quest for stability and functionality / Miroslav Novak.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313083495 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political parties
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.2  / LAW/P