| Parties and Democracy: Coalition Formation and Government Functioning in Twenty States Revised Edition Contributor(s): Budge, Ian (Author), Keman, Hans (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198279256 ISBN-13: 9780198279259 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: This book examines the actual behavior of 400 governments in 20 postwar democracies (including those of Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Israel) to determine how political parties operate and shape the special characteristics of individual governments. It concludes that parties do function more or less as modern democratic theory says they should, and provides an understanding of democratic government and its moral justification. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 324.24 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.47" W x 8.51" (0.69 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: This book examines the actual behavior of 400 governments in 20 postwar democracies (including those of Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Israel) to determine how political parties operate and shape the special characteristics of individual governments. It concludes that parties do function more or less as modern democratic theory says they should, and provides an understanding of democratic government and its moral justification. |