Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-257) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Theory of One-party Dominance -- Why does One-party Dominance End in Factionalism? -- Majoritarian Democracies: Executive-Dominated Britain and Decentralized Canada -- Case 1-- The Thatcher-Major Factional Wars over Europe -- Case 2-- The Demise of Canadian Liberal Hegemony -- Non-Majoritarian Democracies: Centrifugal Italy and Consensual Japan -- Case 3-- Italy's Christian Democrats: How Factional Capture Bred Self-destruction -- Case 4-- The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (1955-2009): End of Hegemony -- Conclusion: How Parties Succeed or Fail to Manage Factionalism and Stay in Power.
Summary:
"Drawing on theories of neo-institutionalism to show how institutions shape dissident behavior, Boucek develops new ways of measuring factionalism and explains its effects on office tenure. In each of the four cases - from Britain, Canada, Italy and Japan - intra-party dynamics are analyzed through times series and rational choice tools"-- Provided by publisher.
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