Description
Book SynopsisIt is obvious today that the democratic political regime cannot be considered reality without taking into account political parties; it is as obvious as the phenomenon of partidocracy, expressed through the quasi-total domination of parties in politics. Such judgements prompted the title of the book
Stasiology and Electoral Systems. The book itself revives the term
stasiology, introduced by M. Duverger in 1951, which defines the science of political parties but has not been used very much over the last decades. Its approach is explanatory and perspective alike, emphasizing the myriad of correlations surrounding the emergence, functions, types and systems of parties, on the one hand, and the electoral systems used to elect parliaments, styles of representation and executive formation on the other.
Table of ContentsContents: Political Parties – Party Origin – Types of Parties – Elections and Electoral Systems – Parliaments – Origin of Parliaments – Governments – Aspects of Multi-Party Systems Today – Knowledge – Culture and the Progress of Democracy – Partidocracy – Partidism – One-Party System – Formal Democracy – Substantial Democracy.
