Today we discuss Peter Mair's "The West European Party System". This reader is challenging for the students: so dense and so rich. I am always amazed by the foresight of some of the articles. - ThreadSky

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casmudde.bsky.social • 27 days ago

Today we discuss Peter Mair's "The West European Party System". This reader is challenging for the students: so dense and so rich.

I am always amazed by the foresight of some of the articles.

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sethkjolly.bsky.social•26 days ago

An unbelievable resource.

davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social•27 days ago

I always think this reader should be republished. Such a great selection.

jakubw.bsky.social•26 days ago

One of my favorite readings of grad school.

andrewroberts.bsky.social•27 days ago

I'm teaching a good portion of it next week in Comparative Political Institutions. A really nice set of selections. I added updates on several of the pieces (Geddes and Hooghe & Marks on Lipset and Rokkan; Katz & Mair on cartel parties to update Kirchheimer).

sn0r.bsky.social•27 days ago

Is it worth reading for a total noob in IR like me?

casmudde.bsky.social•27 days ago

No, I think it is really important for party politics scholars but for more casual European politics observers, this is a much more useful book.

sn0r.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thanks! I'll read it and report back. 👍

profjwdavidson.bsky.social•27 days ago

Just had a shudder of comp PTSD—and that was 1998

casmudde.bsky.social•27 days ago

At least you were trained well. 😉

profjwdavidson.bsky.social•26 days ago

Sam Barnes at Georgetown. It was a minor field for me. I learned a lot but still felt very disoriented. I have much better memories of studying for my major comp.

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