Regulating Political Parties European Democracies in Comparative Perspective
Regulating Political Parties provides a novel and valuable contribution to the existing literature on political parties by discussing the various dimensions of party law and regulation, in Europe and other regions of the world. To what extent are political parties legitimate objects of state regulat...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Leiden University Press
2014
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| Summary: | Regulating Political Parties provides a novel and valuable contribution to the existing literature on political parties by discussing the various dimensions of party law and regulation, in Europe and other regions of the world. To what extent are political parties legitimate objects of state regulation? What are the dilemmas of regulating political finance? To what extent are parties accorded a formal constitutional status? What are the consequences of legal bans on political parties? How do legal arrangements affect parties representing ethnic minorities? These and related questions are discussed and examined from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. By bringing together international experts from the disciplines of law and political science, this volume thus addresses from an interdisciplinary and comparative point of view what has long been a notable lacuna in the study of political parties. |
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| Item Description: | "Amsterdam University Press" Table of contents Introduction Ingrid van Biezen and Hans-Martien ten Napel Chapter 1: Democracy and the Legal Regulation of Political Parties Richard S. Katz Chapter 2: Dilemmas of Regulating Political Finance, with Special Reference to the Dutch Case Ruud Koole Chapter 3: Lessons from the Past: Party Regulation in the Netherlands Remco Nehmelman Chapter 4: Th e Constitutionalization of Political Parties in Post-war Europe Ingrid van Biezen Chapter 5: Party Laws in Comparative Perspective Fernando Casal Bértoa, Daniela R. Piccio and Ekaterina R. Rashkova Chapter 6: Explaining Legislative Confl ict over the Adoption of Political Financing Law in the European Union Wojciech Gagatek Chapter 7: The SGP Case: Did it Really (Re)Launch the Debate on Party Regulation in the Netherlands Hans-Martien ten Napel and Jaco van den Brink Chapter 8: Will it All End in Tears? What Really Happens when Democracies Use Law to Ban Political Parties Tim Bale Chapter 9: Ethnic Party Regulation in Eastern Europe Ekaterina R. Rashkova and Maria Spirova Chapter 10: On the Engineerability of Political Parties: Evidence from Mexico Imke Harbers and Matthew C. Ingram About the authors Index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9400601956 9789400601956 9789087282189 9087282184 9789087282950 9087282958 |