French Parties and Politics.

British statewide parties and multilevel politics

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Presidents and Parties in Regional Politics : Italy and Spain Compared

Electoral institutions, parties, and the politics of class: wh

We develop a general model of redistribution and use it to account for the remarkable variance in government redistribution across democracies. We show that the electoral system plays a key role because it shapes the nature of political parties and the composition of governing coalitions, whether these are conceived as electoral alliances between classes or alliances between class parties. Our ...

German Immigrants and American Politics: Problems of Leadership, Parties, and Issues

Political Parties in Conflict Prone Societies: Encouraging Inclusive Politics and Democratic Development

Political Parties in Confl ictProne Societies: Encouraging Inclusive Politics and Democratic Development P parties are an essential component of representative democracy. Th ey organize voters, aggregate and articulate interests, craft policy alternatives, recruit and socialize new candidates for offi ce, set policy-making agendas, integrate disparate groups and individuals into the democratic ...