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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255280503321

Titolo

Parties, Governments and Elites : The Comparative Study of Democracy / / edited by Philipp Harfst, Ina Kubbe, Thomas Poguntke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2017

ISBN

3-658-17446-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 322 p. 22 illus.)

Collana

Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, , 2569-8672

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Comparative politics

Elections

Democracy

Africa—Politics and government

Europe—Politics and government

Comparative Politics

Electoral Politics

African Politics

European Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Looking Onward: Perspectives of Comparative Political Science.

Sommario/riassunto

Parties, governments and elites are at the core of the study of democracy. The traditional view is that parties as collective actors play a paramount role in the democratic process. However, this classical perspective has been challenged by political actors, observers of modern democracy as well as political scientists. Modern political parties assume different roles, contemporary leaders can more heavily influence politics, governments face new constraints and new collective bodies continue to form, propose new ways of participation and policy making, and attract citizens and activists. In the light of these observations, the comparative study of democracy faces a number of



important and still largely unsolved questions that the present volume will address. Contents Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Looking Onward: Perspectives of Comparative Political Science Target Groups - Researchers and students of comparative political science - Practitioners of democracy promotion and stabilisation The Editors Dr. Philipp Harfst is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Dr. Ina Kubbe is Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Dr. Thomas Poguntke is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF) at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.