TY - BOOK AU - Appleton,Andrew AU - Constantelos,John AU - Gellner,Winand AU - Hamann,Kerstin AU - Hrebenar,Ronald J. AU - Johnson,Diane E. AU - Jordan,Grant AU - Maloney,William A. AU - Ost,David AU - Robertson,John D. AU - Rosenberg,Jonathan AU - Thomas,Clive S. AU - Widfeldt,Anders AU - Yishai,Yael TI - Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance SN - 9781588261885 U1 - 324.2 22 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - Comparative government KW - Democracy KW - Démocratie KW - Groupes de pression KW - Institutions politiques comparées KW - Partis politiques KW - Political parties KW - Pressure groups KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Studying the Political Party– Interest Group Relationship --; Part 1. The Traditional Democracies --; 2. Britain: Change and Continuity Within the New Realities of British Politics --; 3. France: Party-Group Relations in the Shadow of the State --; 4. Sweden: Weakening Links Between Political Parties and Interest Organizations --; 5. The United States: The Paradox of Loose Party-Group Ties in the Context of American Political Development --; Part 2. The Post–World War II Democracies --; 6. Germany: The Continuing Dominance of Neocorporatism --; 7. Italy: The Erosion and Demise of Party Dominance --; 8. Israel: The End of Integration --; 9. Japan: Strong State, Spectator Democracy, and Modified Corporatism --; Part 3. The Transitional Democracies --; 10. Spain: Changing Party-Group Relations in a New Democracy --; 11. The Czech Republic: Party Dominance in a Transitional System --; 12. Poland: Parties, Movements, Groups, and Ambiguity --; 13. Argentina: Parties and Interests Operating Separately by Design and in Practice --; 14. Mexico: The End of Party Corporatism? --; Part 4. Conclusions --; 15. Toward a Systematic Understanding of Party-Group Relations in Liberal Democracies --; Acronyms --; Further Reading --; Notes --; References --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - This benchmark study of the political party–interest group relationship—crucial in shaping the characteristics of democratic political systems—provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between special interests and political parties across thirteen democracies: Argentina, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781588261885 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781588261885 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781588261885/original ER -