Farewell to the Party Model?: Independent Local Lists in East and West European CountriesMarion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Springer Science & Business Media, 14.05.2008 - 290 Seiten Marion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Local independent lists as political actors are a common phenomenon on the local level in many European countries – in established Western democracies as well as in the ‘new’ democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. In some West European countries, these non-partisan groups have been an established and stable element in the local political system for decades. Ty- cally, they understand themselves as protectors of a harmonious factual political style. In their opinion, good local politics is not compatible with party politics so they consequently perceive themselves as non-parties. During the last two d- ades, presence and success of local lists have steadily increased in these co- tries. Furthermore, during the last years local lists emerged also in countries which had been formerly fully party-politicised on the local level. Explanations offered for these developments are often based on the observation of a general decline of trust in established parties and politicians. Hence, it has been argued that the disenchantment with political parties is a fertile ground for local lists. For the Central and East European countries, this argument can be - ployed only to a certain extent. Local lists established themselves in the early 1990’s as important actors on the local level especially due to a lack of party organisation in the process of democratic consolidation. |
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Local Lists in East and Central European Countries | 22 |
In Search for a Composite | 39 |
Local and National Parties in Hungary | 62 |
Gábor Soós 63 | 79 |
Nonparty Lists in Local Election in Poland | 105 |
Agnieszka DudziĔska 105 A bridging case? | 127 |
Local Lists in West European Countries | 149 |
All Politics is Local Partisan or National? Local Lists in Belgium | 169 |
Local Parties in Sweden | 194 |
Independent Lists in Norwegian Local Politics | 211 |
Independents and Citizens Groups in Portuguese Municipalities | 233 |
Small Parties Independents | 253 |
Conclusion | 277 |
List of Contributors | 295 |
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