Factional Politics: How Dominant Parties Implode or Stabilize

By Françoise Boucek

Book Overview

Drawing on theories of neo-institutionalism to show how institutions shape dissident behaviour, 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349285943
• ISBN13: 9781349285945
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"