Representation and party politics : a comparative perspective
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Representation and party politics : a comparative perspective
（Comparative politics）
Blackwell, 1993
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: hbk ISBN 9780631173953
Description
Representation and party politics is one of the core themes of the comparative study of politics. What function do parties serve? What is the essential relationship between people and parties? Are parties simply a way of reproducing a political elite that rules and governs? These are some of the questions Graham asks in his analysis of our understandings of political parties, their internal structures and external relations. While surveying a rich literature on parties and party systems, emphasising the continuing relevance of earlier writings, the authors sets out the main problems that should be addressed in the study of political parties. We are then lucidly led through a range of empirical cases illustrating party performance in relation to electoral behaviour, and introduced to a range of theoretically-driven models of performance, behaviour and recruitment. The book culminates in a discussion of factionalism within parties, and an exploration of populism in mass politics. Graham's work introduces and reveals aspects of party dynamics and representation which should be essential to students of politics and political scientists alike.
Table of Contents
Part I 1. Representative Politics and the Advent of Organized Parties 2. Theories of Party Systems 3. Party Systems in the Abstract 4. Parties as Organizations Part II: Rallies and Parties 5. Exceptional Leaders and Democratic Order 6. The Experience of Rally Politics 7. Rally Politics in France since 1940 Part III: Politics within Parties 8. Conflict and Competition within Parties 9. Conflict within the French Socialist Parties 10. Conflict in the Congress Party of the Uttar Pradesh 11. Sectionalism and Intra-Party Conflict 12. The Stability of Parties 13. Conclusion Footnote References. Table I. India National Congress: Membership Figures of Uttar Pradesh Unit, 1961-1966.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631173960
Description
Representation and party politics is one of the core themes of the comparatvie study of politics. What function do parties serve? What is the essential relationship between people and parties? Are parties simply a way of reproducing a political elite that rules and governs? These are some of the questions Graham asks in his analysis of our understandings of political parties, their internal structures and external realtions.
While surveying a rich literature on parties and party systems, emphasizing the continuing relevance of earlier writings, the author sets out the main problems that should be addressed in the study of political parties. We are then lucidly led through a range of empirical cases illustrating party performance in relation to electoral behaviour, and introduced to a range of theoretically-driven models of performance, behaviour and recruitment. The book culminates in a superb discussion of factionalism within parties, and an epxloration of populism in mass politics.
Graham's challenging work introduces and reveals aspects of party dynamics and representation which are essential to students of politics and political scientists alike.
Table of Contents
Part I 1. Representative Politics and the Advent of Organized Parties 2. Theories of Party Systems 3. Party Systems in the Abstract 4. Parties as Organizations Part II: Rallies and Parties 5. Exceptional Leaders and Democratic Order 6. The Experience of Rally Politics 7. Rally Politics in France since 1940 Part III: Politics within Parties 8. Conflict and Competition within Parties 9. Conflict within the French Socialist Parties 10. Conflict in the Congress Party of the Uttar Pradesh 11. Sectionalism and Intra-Party Conflict 12. The Stability of Parties 13. Conclusion Footnote References. Table I. India National Congress: Membership Figures of Uttar Pradesh Unit, 1961-1966.
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