Ithaca Cornell University Press 1996 Trade paperback Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 344 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. The Wilder House Politics, History and Culture. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Ithaca Cornell University Press 1996 Trade paperback Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 344 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. The Wilder House Politics, History and Culture. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

ISBN10: 0801483204, ISBN13: 9780801483202, [publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY] Softcover [The Wilder House Series in Politics, History and Culture] Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian Democratic "confessional" parties within the political context of Western Europe. Examining five countries where a successful confessional party emerged (Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Italy) and one where it did not (France), Stathis N. Kalyvas addresses perplexing questions raised by the Christian Democratic phenomenon. How can we reconcile the religious roots of these parties with their tremendous success and resilience in secular and democratic Western Europe? Why have these parties discarded their initial principles and objectives to become secular forces governing secular societies? The author's answers reveal the way in which social and political actors make decisions based on self-interest under conditions that constrain their choices and the information they rely on, often with unintended but irrevocable consequences. 225p. bibliography, nidex
[STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1996]

Ithaca Cornell University Press 1996 Trade paperback Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 344 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. The Wilder House Politics, History and Culture. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

ISBN10: 0801483204, ISBN13: 9780801483202, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Softcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]
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