Dominant Political Parties and Democracy

Abstract

1. Introduction: Setting a New Agenda for Research - Francoise Boucek and Matthijs Bogaards PART I: Concepts and Measures 2. Rethinking Dominant Party Systems - Patrick Dunleavy 3. Measuring One-Party Dominance with Voting Power Indices - Jean-Francois Caulier and Patrick Dumont 4. District-Level Dominance and Vulnerability under the French Fifth Republic - Nicolas Sauger PART II: Cases and Comparisons i: Sub-national Dominance 5. Big Fish in Small Ponds: A Comparison of Dominant Parties in the Canadian Provinces and German Lander - Amir Abedi and Steffen Schneider 6. Hard and Soft Dominance: Assessing the Case of the Bavarian CSU - Gordon Smith ii: The Intra-Party Dimension of Dominance 7. The Factional Politics of Dominant Parties: Evidence from Britain, Italy and Japan - Francoise Boucek 8. Dominance without Factions: The Liberal Party of Canada - R. Kenneth Carty iii: Dominance and Democracy 9. A Resource Theory of Single Party Dominance: The PRI in Mexico - Kenneth F. Greene 10. One-Party Dominance in South-Africa - James Myburgh and Hermann Giliomee 11. Laying a Foundation for Democracy or Undermining It? Dominant Parties in Africa's Burgeoning Democracies - Staffan I. Lindberg and Jonathan Jones 12. Conclusion - Francoise Boucek and Matthijs Bogaards