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Political parties and party systems

Choice Reviews Online, 2004
Much of the study of post-communist politics carried with it assumptions that over time these political systems would manifest increasing stability and predictability. While ‘transition’ implied change, and with it the importance of elite actors, uncertainty, and ‘windows of opportunity’, consolidation implied that once institutions were in place they ...
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Political Parties and Party Systems

Choice Reviews Online, 1996
This chapter sets out to analyse political parties in Central America within the context of the multiple, rapid and as yet inconclusive transitions affecting the region in the 1990s.1 Due emphasis is placed on the particularities and differences which have characterised the development of each country (historical, cultural, political and economic) as ...
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Political Parties and Party Systems

2005
AbstractThis chapter offers a historical description of the development of the national party systems of the countries represented in the book. First, it provides an overview of the political parties in the various countries and classifies them by party family.
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Political Leaders Beyond Party Politics

2018
This book studies party leaders from selection to post-presidency. Based on data covering a large set of Western countries, and focusing on the trends of personalisation of politics, the volume is one of the first empirical investigations into how party leaders are elected, how long they stay in office, and whether they enter and guide democratic ...
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Political Parties and the Party System

2016
Juan Albarracin examines the range of political parties in Brazil. In this article, he discusses the most important and sometimes contradictory findings about Brazilian political parties, the party system itself and its development since 1985. First, he presents a portrait of the fragmentation, polarization, and institutionalization of the party system
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Political Parties and the Party System

1993
The growth of political parties was integrally tied to the development of the pillars. For the Protestants, organisation was due in no small part to the efforts of the nineteenth-century leader, Abraham Kuyper. Kuyper was a master organiser and founded (or helped to found) many of the most important institutions within the pillar.
Rudy B. Andeweg, Galen A. Irwin
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Political Parties and Party Systems

2017
This chapter discusses political parties and party systems, which form a crucial aspect of a modern representative democracy. The origins and natures of political parties, including their functions and organizations, are explained. Party systems govern the dynamics between parties and are considered as the mechanism to represent divergent interests in ...
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Political Parties and Party Systems

2019
This chapter seeks to clarify the concepts "political party" and "party system" and to provide an empirica! basis for a discussion of the relationship between parties/party systems and democracy. In East Africa, as elsewhere, the meanings assigned to "political parties" and "party systems," and the related categorization of existing groups and sets of ...
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European Political Parties in the EU Party Politics

Any democratic regime needs an active and performative party system. Political parties act as intermediaries between institutions and society, articulating and representing the people’s interests. Currently, Europarties are largely unknown to the population and are unable to conduct grassroots political activities.
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