This book, first published in 1987, analysed the state and changing nature of political opposition in Western Europe at the time. For each country covered, it discusses the concept of opposition and the approach adopted by opposition parties. It explores the institutional framework that was in place at the time, the electoral support for opposition, attitudes towards opposition and the criteria for the success of opposition parties. It shows how opposition had changed in nature as a result of both voter re-alignments and also because some interest groups have engaged directly in opposition activities, rather than working through opposition parties as was done previously, thereby increasing the scope of extra parliamentary opposition. Opposition is a fundamental element in democratic politics, and this book therefore throws considerable light on the whole range of political activity in the countries covered. This title will be of interest to students of politics.
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Cover 1
Half Title 2
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Original Title Page 7
Original Copyright Page 8
Table of Contents 9
List of Contributors 11
Preface 13
Acknowledgements 14
Introduction 15
Part I: Concepts of Opposition 23
1. Is There Life After Dahl? 25
2. Parliamentary Oppositions in Europe 44
3. Party and Protest: The Two Faces of Opposition
in Western Europe 63
Part II: Opposition and Political Change 87
4. Great Britain: from 'Opposition with a Capital "O" ' to Fragmented Opposition 89
5. France: Legitimacy Attained 122
6. The Federal Republic of Germany:
The Re-emergent Opposition? 141
7. Opposition in Italy: From Polarised
Pluralism to Centripetal Pluralism 170
8. Opposition in the Netherlands 209
9. Opposition in Contemporary Spain:
Tradition Against Modernity 229
Part III: Opposition Outside Parliament 257
10. Non-Parliamentary Opposition in
Great Britain: The Case of the Trade Unions 259
11. The Wrong Right in France 281
12. The Transformation of Extra-Parliamentary
Opposition in West Germany, and the
Peace Movement 308
13. Non-Parliamentary Opposition in Italy:
The New Social Movements 339
Select Bibliography 360
Index 373

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Kolinsky, Eva

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gower Publishing Ltd

Taylor and Francis

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Routledge Revivals, London, 2016

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