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Regulating Political Parties provides a novel and valuable contribution to the existing literature on political parties by discussing the various dimensions of party law and regulation, in Europe and other regions of the world. To what extent are political parties legitimate objects of state regulation? What are the dilemmas of regulating political finance? To what extent are parties accorded a formal constitutional status? What are the consequences of legal bans on political parties? How do legal arrangements affect parties representing ethnic minorities? These and related questions are discussed and examined from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. By bringing together international experts from the disciplines of law and political science, this volume thus addresses from an interdisciplinary and comparative point of view what has long been a notable lacuna in the study of political parties.

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Author:   Ingrid van Biezen ,  Hans Martien ten Napel
Publisher:   Leiden University Press
Imprint:   Leiden University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9789087282189

ISBN 10:   9087282184
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of contents Introduction Ingrid van Biezen & Hans-Martien ten Napel Chapter 1: Democracy and the Legal Regulation of Political Parties Richard S. Katz Chapter 2: Dilemmas of Regulating Political Finance, with Special Reference to the Dutch Case Ruud Koole Chapter 3: Lessons from the Past: Party Regulation in the Netherlands Remco Nehmelman Chapter 4: Th e Constitutionalization of Political Parties in Post-war Europe Ingrid van Biezen Chapter 5: Party Laws in Comparative Perspective Fernando Casal Bértoa, Daniela R. Piccio & Ekaterina R. Rashkova Chapter 6: Explaining Legislative Confl ict over the Adoption of Political Financing Law in the European Union Wojciech Gagatek Chapter 7: The SGP Case: Did it Really (Re)Launch the Debate on Party Regulation in the Netherlands Hans-Martien ten Napel & Jaco van den Brink Chapter 8: Will it All End in Tears? What Really Happens when Democracies Use Law to Ban Political Parties Tim Bale Chapter 9: Ethnic Party Regulation in Eastern Europe Ekaterina R. Rashkova and Maria Spirova Chapter 10: On the Engineerability of Political Parties: Evidence from Mexico Imke Harbers & Matthew C. Ingram About the authors Index

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Ingrid van Biezen is Professor of Comparative Politics and Head of Department at Leiden University. Hans-Martien ten Napel is an Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University. In 2014 he was awarded a Research Fellowship in Legal Studies at the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton, which enabled him to be in full-time residence at CTI for the academic year 2014-2015.

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