Dominant Political Parties and Democracy: Concepts, measures, cases, and comparisons

Introduction : Setting A New Agenda For Research / Françoise Boucek And Matthijs Bogaards -- Pt. 1. Concepts And Measures. Rethinking Dominant Party Systems / Patrick Dunleavy ; Measuring One-party Dominance With Voting Power Indices / Jean-françois Caulier And Patrick Dumont ; District-level Dominance And Vulnerability Under The French Fifth Republic / Nicolas Sauger -- Pt. 2. Cases And Comparisons. 1, Sub-national Dominance. Big Fish In Small Ponds : A Comparison Of Dominant Parties In The Canadian Provinces And German Länder / Amir Abedi And Steffen Schneider ; Hard And Soft Dominance : Assessing The Case Of The Bavarian Csu / Gordon Smith. 2, The Intra-party Dimension Of Dominance. The Factional Politics Of Dominant Parties : Evidence From Britain, Italy And Japan / Françoise Boucek ; Dominance Without Factions : The Liberal Party Of Canada / R. Kenneth Carty. 3, Dominance And Democracy. A Resource Theory Of Single-party Dominance : The Pri In Mexico / Kenneth F. Greene ; One-party Dominance In South Africa / James Myburgh And Hermann Giliomee ; Laying A Foundation For Democracy Or Undermining It? : Dominant Parties In Africa's Burgeoning Democracies / Staffan I. Lindberg And Jonathan Jones ; Conclusion / Françoise Boucek And Matthijs Bogaards. Edited By Matthijs Bogaards And Françoise Boucek. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.