Parties and Democracy: Coalition Formation and Government Functioning in Twenty States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198279259)

This book examines the actual behavior of 400 governments in 20 postwar democracies (including those of Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Israel) to determine how political parties operate and shape the special characteristics of individual governments. It concludes that parties do function more or less as modern democratic theory says they should, and provides an understanding of democratic government and its moral justification.

Author: Ian Budge, Hans Keman
ISBN-10: 0198279256
ISBN-13: 9780198279259
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 11/11/1993
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.47w x 0.56d