{"product_id":"9780761947189","title":"Political Parties and Electoral Change: Party Responses to Electoral Markets","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow have Europe's mainstream political parties responded to the long-term decline in voter loyalties?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the consequences of this change in the electoral markets in which parties now operate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular disengagement, disaffection, and withdrawal on the one hand, and increasing popular support for protest parties on the other, have become the hallmarks of modern European politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an excellent account of how political parties in Western Europe are perceiving and are responding to these contemporary challenges of electoral dealignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter employs a common format to present and compare the changing strategies of established parties and party systems in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is an invaluable portrait of the changing electoral environment and how parties are interacting with each another and voters today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical Parties and Electoral Change is essential reading for anybody seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary electoral politics and of the challenges facing west European party systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Mair is Professor of Comparative Politics at Leiden University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfgang C. M ller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim and previously taught at the University of Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFritz Plasser is Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015801618672,"sku":"9780761947189","price":113.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780761947189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}