Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies |
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Editor:
| Webb, Paul Farrell, David M. Holliday, Ian |
Series title: | Comparative Politics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-924055-5 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, this book offers an unrivalled survey of modern political parties and their role in contemporary democracy. Through a rigorous comparative analysis of political parties operating in the world's advanced industrial democracies, the book argues that, while a degree of popular cynicism towards them is often chronic, though rarely acute, parties have adapted and survived as organizations, remodelling...
More DescriptionDrawing on the expertise of an impressive team of internationally known specialists, this book offers an unrivalled survey of modern political parties and their role in contemporary democracy. Through a rigorous comparative analysis of political parties operating in the world's advanced industrial democracies, the book argues that, while a degree of popular cynicism towards them is often chronic, though rarely acute, parties have adapted and survived as organizations, remodelling themselves to the needs of an era in which patterns of linkage and communication with social groups have been transformed.