Parties Without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies

Martin P. Wattenberg

ISBN 10: 0199253099 / ISBN 13: 9780199253098

Published by Oxford University Press, 2002

About this Item

An analysis of the roles that political parties perform in 20 OECD nations. The text finds that parties continue to exercise their traditional roles in organizing elections and structuring the government process, but they are losing the allegiance of a public that is increasingly non-partisan and sceptical about political parties as institutions. Series: Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 330 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. . 2002. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parties Without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199253099
• ISBN 13: 9780199253098
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the roles that political parties perform in twenty OECD nations. It finds that parties continue to exercise their traditional roles in organizing elections and structuring the government process, but that they are losing the allegiance of a public that is increasingly non-partisan and sceptical about political parties as institutions. These findings lead to a discussion about the changing nature of representative democracy as these nations enter the 21st Century.

About the Author

Russell J. Dalton is in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine,. Martin P. Wattenberg is in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine,.