Political Oppositions in Western DemocraciesRobert A. Dahl Yale University Press, 11.03.1966 - 484 Seiten The idea that the opposition has a right to organize and to appeal for votes against the government in elections and in parliament is one of the most important milestones in the development of democratic institutions. Mr. Dahl and nine collaborators analyze the role of the opposition in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. In introductory and concluding chapters, Dahl compares the patterns of opposition in these countries and makes predictions for the future. He carries forward on the basis of this evidence the theory of a pluralistic society he has explored in earlier books such as Who Governs? Mr. Dahl is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. His collaborators are Samuel Barnes, Hans Daalder, Frederick Engelmann, Alfred Grosser, Otto Kirchheimer, Val R. Lorwin, Allen Potter, Stein Rokkan, and Nils Stjernquist. "This stately volume is distinguished by several unusual features. First, it straightforwardly focuses on a crucial issue of Comparative Politics without being vitiated by the familiar behaviorist semantics and jargon. Secondly, contrary to the ubiquitous trend in this country, flooded by discussion—more journalistic than scientific—on the emergent states, it centers on constitutional democracy in Western Europe, a region which for a decade and more had been badly neglected by the rampant computerizers. Thirdly, for the ten countries under discussion Professor Dahl was fortunate to enlist the services of genuine experts, the majority of whom are specialists in their field. . . . On the whole the volume is one of the major contributions to Comparative Politics that have appeared in this country for some time. The study of the issue as such as well as of the individual reviews is highly rewarding."—Karl Loewenstein, The Annals. |
Inhalt
Opposition with a Capital O | 3 |
Affirmation and Denial | 34 |
Numerical Democracy and Corporate Pluralism | 70 |
Stability or Deadlock? | 116 |
Religion Class and Language in National Politics | 147 |
Opposition in a Segmented Society | 188 |
The Vanishing Opposition | 237 |
The Pooling of Opposition | 260 |
Nothing but Opposition | 284 |
Oppositions on Left Right and Center | 303 |
Patterns of Opposition | 332 |
Some Explanations | 348 |
Epilogue | 387 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action alternative American politics Appendix Table attitudes Austria bargaining Belgian Britain British Brussels Bundestag Cabinet Catholic cent Center Party century Christian Democratic Church cleavages coalition competition conflict Conservative constitutional countries cultural decisions democracy Dutch economic elections electoral elites existing federal Flemish German groups ideology important industrial institutions interests issues Italian Italy Labor Party leaders Liberals Lower House majority mass ment middle class ministers movement nonsocialist parties official opinions opposed opposition parties organizations Otto Kirchheimer ÖVP Parliament parliamentary parliamentary opposition party system patterns of opposition polarization political parties political system position Press proportional representation Proporz Protestants question regime regional religious parties Republic Riksdag seats Social Democrats Socialist Party society socioeconomic SPÖ Stein Rokkan Storting strategy structure subculture tactics tended tion trade unions traditional two-party system United universal suffrage V. O. Key voters votes Wallonia Walloon workers working-class
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