Liberal parties in Western Europe

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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 Osterreichs: protest party or governing party? K. R. Luther 10. The Swedish Liberal Party: the politics of unholy alliances Ulf Lindstrom and Ingemar Worlund 11. Liberalism in Denmark: agrarian, radical and still influential Alastair H. Thomas 12. The Norwegian Liberal Party: from political pioneer to political footnote Forn Y. Leiphart and Lars Svasand 13. Liberal parties in Finland: from perennial coalition actors to an extra-parliamentary role David Arter 14. Liberal parties in Switzerland D. L. Seiler 15. The Luxemburg Liberal Party Derek Hearl 16. Identifying liberal parties Peter Humphreys and Michael Steed 17. Ambivalence revisited: an analysis of liberal party manifestos since 1945 Derek Hearl 18. Transnational links: the ELD and Liberal Party Group in the European Parliament Rudolf Hrbek 19. Western European liberal parties: developments since 1945 and prospects for the future Emil J. Kirchner Index of political parties General index.