TY - BOOK AU - Close,Caroline AU - Haute,Emilie van TI - Liberal parties in Europe T2 - Party families in Europe SN - 9781351245487 AV - JC574.2.E85 L524 2019eb U1 - 324.2/16094 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Liberalism KW - Europe KW - European Union countries KW - Case studies KW - Political parties KW - Europe Union countries KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism N1 - The Norwegian left and the Finnish centre : what, no capital "L" liberal parties? / David Arter -- The Danish liberal parties / Karina Kosiara-Pedersen -- The Centre Party and the Liberals : the Swedish members of the Liberal party family? / Niklas Bolin -- Liberalism in the Netherlands : the VVD and D66 / Gerrit Voerman -- Belgian liberals : living apart together / Vivien Sierens -- Diversity, unity and beyond : the Swiss liberals / Oscar Mazzoleni -- Liberal parties in Austria / Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik and Anita Bodlos -- It's (not only) the economy, stupid? : past and future of the German Liberal Party / Sebastian U. Bukow -- The UK Liberal Democrats : liberalism at a crossroads / Alan Wager and Tim Bale -- Fianna Fáil : in the liberals but not of the liberals / Conor Little and David M. Farrell -- Nuanced liberalism : the weakness of liberal parties in Spain / Lidia Núñez -- Liberal parties in Central and Eastern Europe : between success and failure / Blagovesta Cholova and Jean-Michel De Waele -- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia / Daunis Auers -- The liberals in Europe : the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe / Wouter Wolfs and Steven Van Hecke -- Liberal parties and elections : electoral performances and profile of voters / Caroline Close and Pascal Delwit -- Governmental participation and alliances of liberal parties in Europe / Johan Hellström and Daniel Walther -- The liberal party family ideology : distinct, but diverse / Caroline Close -- How liberal parties organize / Stefanie Beyens, Emilie van Haute, Tom Verthé -- Conclusion : liberal parties in Europe / Caroline Close and Emilie van Haute N2 - This book investigates how liberal parties have evolved over time as a party family, in a comparative perspective. Through a discussion of the applicability of the concept of party family to liberal parties, it gives a better picture of the development, challenges, and opportunities for liberal parties in Europe. The history of liberal parties in Europe is peculiar and the origins of the liberal family are not clearly defined. Liberal parties are still quite heterogeneous given the various meanings embraced in the idea of liberalism, including economic liberalism, cultural liberalism, progressivism, social-liberalism. Bringing together the best specialists engaged in the study of liberal parties, and with a two-levels perspective (comparative and case study), this book renews and expands our knowledge on the liberal party family in Europe. Four major themes are developed, linked to the four approaches of the concept of party family: electoral performances, participation to power, ideology and political program, and party organization. These themes are systematically developed in case studies, and in comparative chapters. Primarily aimed at scholars and students in comparative politics, this book should especially appeal to scholars in the fields of political parties and party systems, representation and elections, voting behavior, and public opinion UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351245500 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -