Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 1-13

3. Federalism, Democracy and Political Parties

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 14-29

4. The Challenges of Multi-Level Party Politics

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 30-43

5. Methodological Issues

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 44-57

6. A Framework for Analysis

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 58-86

7. Multi-Level Party Competition

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 87-130

8. Multi-Level Party Organizations

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 131-204

9. Towards an Explanation

   • Klaus Detterbeck

   Pages 205-239

10. Conclusions: Major Findings and Outlook

    • Klaus Detterbeck

    Pages 240-248

11. Back Matter

    Pages 249-280

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A study of territorial dynamics within party organizations in multi-layered systems. This book contributes to a new approach in party research which acknowledges the importance of multi-layered institutional framing. It includes an analysis of vertical linkages and sub-state autonomy in Austrian, Belgian, British, German and Spanish parties.

• democracy
• federalism
• Institution
• Party Politics

'Detterbeck's book is a very impressive contribution to knowledge in a field of growing importance in political science: territorial (or regional) politics within the state. Detterbeck directly challenges the 'nationalisation bias' in conventional scholarship, which is especially strong in the study of political parties. He shows across an impressive range of European cases that party competition is 'multi-levelled', with distinctive, 'asymmetric' logics at statewide and sub-state scales; and that parties need to organise themselves in new, territorially differentiated ways to grapple effectively with those distinctive logics. The book provides a sustained challenge to the 'nationalisation bias' which is outstanding conceptually, methodologically, empirically and analytically.'

- Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK

• Institute of Political Science, University of Magdeburg, Germany

  Klaus Detterbeck

KLAUS DETTERBECK Senior Lecturer at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. He works primarily on political parties, territorial politics and European integration. Among his current activities is the coordination of a Global Dialogue project for the Forum of Federations on parties and civil society in federations.

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