ISBN:
9781137306647
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (135 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Perspectives in Comparative Politics
Series Statement:
Perspectives in Comparative Politics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Changing Basis of Political Conflict in Advanced Western Democracies : The Politics of Identity in the United States, the Netherlands, and Belgium
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Political science
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Political conflict in Western democracies has traditionally emerged from politics rooted in competing ideologies and interests. With the rise of politics of identity, political conflict is morphing as political parties align themselves with identities, rather than ideologies or interests. Author Alan T. Arwine: Alan T. Arwine is a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Kansas. Author Lawrence C. Mayer: Lawrence C. Mayer is a Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University.
Abstract:
Political conflict in Western democracies has traditionally emerged from politics rooted in competing ideologies and interests. With the rise of politics of identity, political conflict is morphing as political parties align themselves with identities, rather than ideologies or interests
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Forces Producing the New Politics of Identity; The impact of modernization on the cleavage structure in the West; Populism in the modern world; The challenge to classic conservatism in the West; Cultural change in Western nations; Classic conservatism and the centrist left; Tolerance and the politics of identity; Political change and the role of ideas; Conclusion; Note; References; 2 Political Change in a Stable Two Party State: The United States; The electoral system
Description / Table of Contents:
Party system accommodation to cultural change in an aggregated or two party systemAmerican populism as a response to socio-economic change in the United States; The social context of politics in the United States and social change; The U.S. party system and a changing cleavage structure; The return of populism in contemporary America; The emerging politics of identity; The mobilization of the American electorate; Ideas and ideology in the American political system; Conclusions: a stable party system and a changing electorate; References; 3 The Netherlands: Politics in a Fragmented Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionA parliamentary system in a fragmented society; The rise and decline of pillarization and the consociational accommodation; A tolerant society and the Muslim challenge; The accommodation of the party system to a changing society; The emerging politics of identity; Conclusions: party system adaptation to a changing culture; References; 4 Belgium: The Politics of Extreme Segmentation; Introduction; The consociational model for segmented societies; Constitutional change: accommodating a segmented culture; The Belgian political party system: accommodating cultural change
Description / Table of Contents:
The regime format of a culturally segmented political systemConclusion: the issue of identity in a culturally segmented society; Note; References; 5 Conclusions: Patterns of Change in Advanced Western Democracies; The declining salience of socio-economic class; The state in the crisis of economic stagnation; The future of the European union in a context of economic crises; Party system change in Europe; Trends and changes in the constitutionally designated structures of Western democracies; The Americanization of the politics of Western democracies; The twilight of the nation-state?
Description / Table of Contents:
The inexorability of political changeReferences; Index
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