Parties and democracy : coalition formation and government functioning in twenty states

Parties and democracy : coalition formation and government functioning in twenty states / Ian Budge and Hans Keman.

This text studies the actual behaviour of some 400 governments in 20 post-World War II democracies, including those of Western Europe, Australia, Israel, Japan and New Zealand. It concludes that parties do in fact function in accordance with modern democratic theory.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Budge, Ian, Keman, Hans (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©1990.
Series:Comparative European politics.
Subjects:
Coalition governments > Europe.
Political parties > Europe.
Democracy.
Comparative government.
democracy.
comparative politics.
Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.
UE/CE Etats membres.
Coalitions politiques.
Analyse comparative.
Coalition governments
Comparative government
Democracy
Political parties
Politieke partijen.
Coalitievorming.
Regeringen.
Parlementaire democratie.
Democracy > Europe.
Europe
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Summary:This text studies the actual behaviour of some 400 governments in 20 post-World War II democracies, including those of Western Europe, Australia, Israel, Japan and New Zealand. It concludes that parties do in fact function in accordance with modern democratic theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index.
ISBN:9780191520884
0191520888
9780191598883
0191598887
0198277520
9780198277521
0198279256
9780198279259
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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