The Origins of Elected Strongmen How Personalist Parties Destroy Democracy from Within |
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| Author:
| Frantz, Erica
Kendall-Taylor, Andrea
Wright, Joe |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-888807-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2024 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Examining the role of personalist political parties, or parties that exist primarily to further their leader's career as opposed to promote a specific policy platform, and using original data capturing levels of personalism, this book shows that the rise of personalist parties around the globe is facilitating the decline of democracy.
Examining the role of personalist political parties, or parties that exist primarily to further their leader's career as opposed to promote a specific policy platform, and using original data capturing levels of personalism, this book shows that the rise of personalist parties around the globe is facilitating the decline of democracy.