Liberal Parties in Western Europe [Hardcover]

This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe.This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programmes and strategies; and international and cross-national links.This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programmes and strategies; and international and cross-national links.This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government participation; party programs and strategies; and international and cross-national links.List of tables; List of diagrams; List of maps; Notes on the contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Emil J. Kirchner; 2. Between left and right: the ambivalence of European liberalism Gordon Smith; 3. Two roads of Italian liberalism: the Partito Repubblicano Italiano (PRI) and the Partito Liberale Italiano (PLI) Geoffrey Pridham; 4. The FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany: the requirements of survival and success Emil J. Kirchner and David Broughton; 5. Great Britain - social liberalism reborn? John Curtice; 6. Liberalism in France John Frears; 7. Liberal parties in the Netherlands Hans Daalder and Ruud Koole; 8. The Belgian liberal parties: economic radicals and social conservatives Christopher Rudd; 9. The Freiheitliche Partei ?sterreichs: protest party or governing party? K. R. Luther; 10. The Swedish Liberal Party: the politics of unholy alliances Ulf Lindstr?m and Ingemar W?rlund; 11. LiberalS/