Organizing political parties : representation, participation, and power / Susan E. Scarrow, Paul D. Webb, and Thomas Poguntke.
Series: Comparative politics: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191818554 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political party organizationAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198758631DDC classification: 324.2 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Political party organisations play large roles in democracies, yet their organisations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do these differences, and these frequent changes, affect the operation of democracy? This book answers these questions by presenting a comprehensive overview of the state of party organisation in 19 contemporary democracies.Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political party organisations play large roles in democracies, yet their organisations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do these differences, and these frequent changes, affect the operation of democracy? This book answers these questions by presenting a comprehensive overview of the state of party organisation in 19 contemporary democracies.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 6, 2017).