Liberal Parties in Western Europe

Table of Contents

• 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 Österreichs: protest party or governing party? K. R. Luther
• 10. The Swedish Liberal Party: the politics of unholy alliances Ulf Lindström and Ingemar Wörlund
• 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 Svåsand
• 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.
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