LEADER 04402nam 22006854a 450 001 9910345143603321 005 20220923172104.0 010 $a1-282-15757-4 010 $a9786612157578 010 $a1-4008-2637-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826377 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788423 035 $a(EBL)457721 035 $a(OCoLC)437034012 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158882 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10152102 035 $a(PQKB)11086766 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36339 035 $a(DE-B1597)446498 035 $a(OCoLC)979881545 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400826377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457721 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788423 100 $a20031027d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe formation of national party systems $efederalism and party competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States /$fPradeep Chhibber, Ken Kollman 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11931-7 311 $a0-691-11932-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-267) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Figures and Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. Electoral Competition at the Constituency Level --$tChapter 3. Party Aggregation --$tChapter 4. From Local Notables to Party Competition --$tChapter 5. Centralization and Provincialization --$tChapter 6. Dynamics of Party Aggregation --$tChapter 7. Party Aggregation in Four Countries --$tChapter 8. Conclusion --$tAppendix --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aPradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties. They demonstrate that the party systems in these four countries have been shaped by the authority granted to different levels of government. Departing from the conventional focus on social divisions or electoral rules in determining whether a party system will consist of national or regional parties, they argue instead that national party systems emerge when economic and political power resides with the national government. Regional parties thrive when authority in a nation-state rests with provincial or state governments. The success of political parties therefore depends on which level of government voters credit for policy outcomes. National political parties win votes during periods when political and economic authority rests with the national government, and lose votes to regional and provincial parties when political or economic authority gravitates to lower levels of government. This is the first book to establish a link between federalism and the formation of national or regional party systems in a comparative context. It places contemporary party politics in the four examined countries in historical and comparative perspectives, and provides a compelling account of long-term changes in these countries. For example, the authors discover a surprising level of voting for minor parties in the United States before the 1930's. This calls into question the widespread notion that the United States has always had a two-party system. In fact, only recently has the two-party system become predominant. 606 $aPolitical parties$xHistory$vCase studies 606 $aFederal government$xHistory$vCase studies 606 $aComparative government 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory 615 0$aFederal government$xHistory 615 0$aComparative government. 676 $a324.2 700 $aChhibber$b Pradeep K.$f1956-$0953159 701 $aKollman$b Ken$f1966-$0978958 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345143603321 996 $aThe formation of national party systems$92231493 997 $aUNINA