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100 1 $aKalyvas, Stathis N.,$d1964-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96018925
245 14 $aThe rise of Christian Democracy in Europe /$cStathis N. Kalyvas.
260 $aIthaca, NY :$bCornell University Press,$c1996.
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300 $ax, 300 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aThe Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
500 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1993, under the title: Religious mobilization and party formation.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Christian Democratic Phenomenon --$g1.$tActors and Preferences --$g2.$tStrategies and Outcomes --$g3.$tThe Puzzle of Nonformation: The Case of France --$g4.$tThe Formation of Confessional Parties in Historical Context --$g5.$tAfter the Formation: The Confessional Dilemma and the Construction of a Catholic Political Identity --$tConclusion: Toward a Theory of Christian Democracy.
520 $aAlthough 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.
520 8 $aExamining 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?
520 8 $aWhy 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.
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520 8 $aKalyvas also lays a foundation for a theory of the Christian Democratic phenomenon which would specify the conditions under which confessional parties succeed and would determine the impact of such parties, and the way they are formed, on politics and society.
520 8 $aDrawing from political science, sociology, and history, his analysis goes beyond Christian Democracy to address issues related to the methodology of political science, the theory of party formation, the political development of Europe, the relationship between religion and politics, the construction of collective political identities, and the role of agency and contingency in politics.
650 0 $aChristian democratic parties$zEurope$xHistory.
830 0 $aWilder House series in politics, history, and culture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605167
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