Contents:
1. Introduction,
Paul Pennings and Jan-Erik Lane PART 1: COMPARING PARTY SYSTEM CHANGE
2. Electoral Instability and Party System Change in Western Europe,
Svante Ersson and Jan-Erik Lane 3. Coalitional Potential and Governmental Power,
Stefano Bartolini 4. Parties, Party Systems and Policy Effects,
Uwe Wagschal 5. The Triad of Party System Change: Votes, Office and Policy,
Paul Pennings PART II: CHANGE AND STABILITY IN ESTABLISHED SYSTEMS 6. Electoral and Parliamentary Aspects of Dominant Party Systems,
Francoise Boucek 7. Great Britain: A Stable, but Fragile, Party System? 8. German Unification and Party System Change,
Oskar Niedermayer 9. Party Sytem Change in Israel, 1949-96: A Conceptual and Typological Border_Stretching of Europe,
Reuven Y. Hazan 10. Electoral Politics and Governance: Transformation of the Party System in Iceland, 1970-96, Svanur Kristjansson PART III: CHANGE AND STABILITY IN RENEWING SYSTEMS
11. Party System Change in Redemocratizing Countries,
Anne Bennett 12. The End of the Beginning: The Partial Consolidation of East Central European Parties and Party Systems,
Atilla Agh 13. The Logics of Party System Change in Southern Europe, Jose M. Magone