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The Logic of Multiparty Systems
Manfred Joseph . Ed(S): Holler
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Paperback. Editor(s): Holler, Manfred Joseph. Series: International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Num Pages: 452 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
What determines the number of political parties in a democracy? Electoral rules certainly influence the incentives to create and maintain parties. However, a society's political culture can maintain parties despite electoral rules that give them poor prospects of success. Thus, comparing the number of parties and differences in electoral rules across countries cannot clearly test the effect of the electoral rules. A better test would examine a society with a fairly continuous political culture, but a change in electoral rules. Postwar France is such a society. While the basic social order has not changed, there was a drastic change in ... Read more
What determines the number of political parties in a democracy? Electoral rules certainly influence the incentives to create and maintain parties. However, a society's political culture can maintain parties despite electoral rules that give them poor prospects of success. Thus, comparing the number of parties and differences in electoral rules across countries cannot clearly test the effect of the electoral rules. A better test would examine a society with a fairly continuous political culture, but a change in electoral rules. Postwar France is such a society. While the basic social order has not changed, there was a drastic change in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
Series
International Studies in Economics and Econometrics
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401081146
SKU
V9789401081146
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