The Dynamics of Two-party Politics: Party Structures and the Management of Competition
- ISBN-10
- 0191721522
- ISBN-13
- 9780191721526
- Category
- Comparative government
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Alan Ware
Description
This book examines the role played by the parties themselves in two-party systems. It rejects the argument that the behaviour of the parties is determined largely by social forces or by the supposed logic of the electoral market. Instead, it shows that both structure and agency can matter.
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