
Political Parties in Western Democracies
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2020
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-1-138-53019-5 (ISBN)
Description
Presents a brilliant, persuasive case that American political parties, so often dismissed as immature or ineffective compared with their European counterparts, are in fact old and durable political organizations, seriving well the needs of a pluralistic society.
What chiefly distinguishes this work is the inclusion of considerable material on American partics in a comparative context to the analysis of British, Scandinavian, European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand political parties.
What chiefly distinguishes this work is the inclusion of considerable material on American partics in a comparative context to the analysis of British, Scandinavian, European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand political parties.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-53019-5 (9781138530195)
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Political Parties in Western Democracies
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Political Parties in Western Democracies
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Persons
Leon D. Epstein is John Bascom Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin. Dr. Epstein is president of the American Political Science Association and author of Governing the University: The Campus and the Public Interest, British Politics in the Suez Crisis and Britain - Uneasy Ally.
Content
Preface to the Transaction Edition, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Developmental Circumstances, 3. The Nature of Competition, 4. Structuring The Vote, 5. Organization, 6. The Socialist Working-Class Party, 7. Leadership Recruitment by Class, 8. Candidate Selection, 9. Counter-Organizational Tendencies, 10. The Programmatic Function, 11. Program, Policy and Organized Membership, 12. The Governing Function, 13: Conclusion, Postscript to the Transaction Edition, Index