Description
Book SynopsisSridharan; Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair.
Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction, Larry Diamond and Richard Gunther I - Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1 Types and Functions of Parties, Richard Gunther and Larry Diamond 2 The Rise of Parties in Western Democracies, Hans Daalder 3 The Americanization of the European Left, Seymour Martin Lipset 4 Parties Are Not What They Once Were, Philippe C. Schmitter 5 The Party Effects of Electoral Systems, Giovanni Sartori II Parties and Party Systems After Reform 6 The Three Phases of Italian Parties, Leonardo Morlino 7 Japan's "1955 System" and Beyond, Bradley Richardson III Developing and Postcommunist Systems 8 Political and Darwinism in Latin America's Lost Decade, Michael Coppedge 9 Toward Modern Pluralism: Political Parties in India, E. Sridharan and Ashutosh Varshney 10 The Institutional Decline of Parties in Turkey, Ergun Ozbudun 11 The Legacy of One-Party Hegemony in Taiwan, Yun-han Chu 12 Divergent Paths of Postcommunist Democracies, Herbert Kitschelt IV Conclusion 13 Challenges to Contemporary Political Parties, Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair Index
