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Political Parties and Democracy
Larry Diamond (Ed.)
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Description for Political Parties and Democracy
Paperback. Sridharan; Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Gunther, Richard. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Political parties are one of the core institutions of democracy. But in democracies around the world-rich and poor, Western and non-Western-there is growing evidence of low or declining public confidence in parties. In membership, organization, and popular involvement and commitment, political parties are not what they used to be. But are they in decline, or are they simply changing their forms and functions? In contrast to authors of most previous works on political parties, which tend to focus exclusively on long-established Western democracies, the contributors to this volume cover many regions of the world. Theoretically, they consider the essential functions ... Read more
Political parties are one of the core institutions of democracy. But in democracies around the world-rich and poor, Western and non-Western-there is growing evidence of low or declining public confidence in parties. In membership, organization, and popular involvement and commitment, political parties are not what they used to be. But are they in decline, or are they simply changing their forms and functions? In contrast to authors of most previous works on political parties, which tend to focus exclusively on long-established Western democracies, the contributors to this volume cover many regions of the world. Theoretically, they consider the essential functions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
A Journal of Democracy Book
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801868634
SKU
V9780801868634
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About Larry Diamond (Ed.)
Larry Diamond is a senior research fellow in the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Richard Gunther is a professor of political science at Ohio State University.
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