Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Party Government and Its Alternatives / Katz, Richard S. -- 2. Party Government in the Fifth French Republic / Reif, Karlheinz -- 3. The Party Government of the Federal Republic of Germany: Form and Experience / Wildenmann, Rudolf -- 4. Party Government in Britain – Recent Conspicuous Constraints / Döring, Herbert -- 5. The Role of Political Parties in Denmark and Sweden, 1970-1984 / Sjöblom, Gunnar -- 6. Party Government in Italy: Achievements and Prospects / Pasquino, Gianfranco -- 7. Consociational Decision-Making and Party Government in Switzerland / Lehner, Franz / Homann, Benno -- 8. Party Government in the United States Diagnosis and Prognosis / Fiorina, Morris P. -- Name Index -- Subject Index