SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTEXTS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS by Hugh M. Culbertson (Editor), Dennis W. Jeffers (Editor), Donna Besser Stone (Editor) ( 9781136475030 )

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Title:

SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTEXTS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS
THEORY AND CASES

By:

Hugh M. Culbertson (Editor), Dennis W. Jeffers (Editor), Donna Besser Stone (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1136475036

ISBN 13:

9781136475030

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 2012

Series:

Routledge Communication Series

Pages:

286

Synopsis:

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of `new challenger parties' across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail.Systematically comparing 229 elections since 1950 across 15 European democracies, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries, this book questions why new challenger parties are more successful in some countries than others, and analyses the conditions that determine their emergence and subsequent success or failure. As one of the first systematic and comparative examinations of new challenger parties, this book looks at both new politics parties and extreme-right parties, and the structures to aid their emergence at the time of an election. Identifying two distinctive stages of party development, the author adopts a `double-hurdle' model involving, first, the chances of emergence, and second, sustained success. This framework, in combination with a wide-range of empirical data, provides for an innovative and insightful analysis of a neglected topic.New Challenger Parties in Western Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of government, comparative politics and political parties.

Illustrations:

6 Line drawings, black and white; 91 Tables, black and white

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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