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Parties, Governments and Elites

Parties, Governments and Elites

The Comparative Study of Democracy
Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

von: Philipp Harfst, Ina Kubbe, Thomas Poguntke

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Verlag: VS Verlag
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 26.04.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783658174460
Sprache: englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<div>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.<br></div>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Looking Onward:&nbsp;Perspectives of Comparative Political Science.

Autorenportrait

<div><p>Dr. Philipp Harfst is Senior Scientist at the University of Salzburg, Austria.</p><div>Dr. Ina Kubbe&nbsp;is Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel.<br></div><p>Dr. Thomas Poguntke&nbsp;is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF) at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.</p></div><p></p><p></p>

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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.<p></p>

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<p><b>Contents</b></p>

<p>Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Looking Onward:&nbsp;Perspectives of Comparative Political Science</p>

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<p><b>Target Groups</b></p>

<p>- Researchers and students of comparative political science</p>

<p>- Practitioners of democracy promotion and stabilisation</p>

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<p><b>The Editors</b></p>

<p>Dr. Philipp Harfst is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Dr. Ina Kubbe&nbsp;is Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel.</p>

<p>Dr. Thomas Poguntke&nbsp;is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF) at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.</p>

Sonderbeitrag

State-of-the-Art constitutional politics International contributors In honour of the 65th birthday of Ferdinand Müller-Rommel Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras