{"product_id":"cartelisation-convergence-or-increasing-similarities-henrik-enroth-9781786613110","title":"Cartelisation, Convergence or Increasing Similarities?: Lessons from Parties in Parliament","description":"It is often suggested that political parties are becoming increasingly alike, and that party politics has turned into an elite affair where political professionals collude to further their self-interest rather than work to represent the interests of their constituents. In recent decades this diagnosis has been famously associated with Richard Katz and Peter Mair's cartel party theory. Yet so far this controversial thesis has not been subjected to systematic empirical scrutiny, nor has its conceptual and normative underpinnings been properly considered. In this volume a group of political scientists with different specialisations take on this task, focusing empirically on the Swedish party system, which the originators of the cartel party theory have suggested is especially conducive to the formation of party cartels. Collecting new and unique qualitative and quantitative data, the volume casts serious doubt on the validity of the cartel party theory as an explanation for party system change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henrik Enroth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786613115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786613110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECPR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Henrik Enroth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974471045375,"sku":"9781786613110","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_819e99ac-39c2-4bc3-8f87-c293a72956fa.jpg?v=1750875120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cartelisation-convergence-or-increasing-similarities-henrik-enroth-9781786613110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}