Parties, Governments and Elites : The Comparative Study of Democracy

Philipp Harfst

ISBN 10: 3658174455 / ISBN 13: 9783658174453

Published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer VS, 2017

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parties, Governments and Elites : The Comparative Study of Democracy
• Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer VS
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658174455
• ISBN 13: 9783658174453
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 18D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 426 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Dr. Philipp Harfst is Senior Scientist at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

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.