Uncommon DemocraciesIn this collection of original essays, thirteen country specialists working within a common comparative frame of reference analyze major examples of long term, single party rule in industrialized democracies. They focus on four cases: Japan under the Liberal Democratic party since 1955; Italy under the Christian Democrats for thirty five or more years starting in 1945; Sweden under the Social Democratic party from 1932 until 1976 (and again from 1982