Introduction: The Contribution of Parties to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation
Titel:
Introduction: The Contribution of Parties to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation
Auteur:
Randall, V. Svåsand, L.
Verschenen in:
Democratization
Paginering:
Jaargang 9 (2002) nr. 3 pagina's 1-10
Jaar:
2002
Inhoud:
This special collection focuses on political parties and party systems in the process of democratic consolidation. The articles it includes are, with one exception, a selection of papers that were presented to a European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions workshop on 'Parties, party systems and democratic consolidation in the Third World' in Easter 2001. These articles, and indeed the excellent discussion generated during the workshop, have ranged widely in their approach and central concerns. Questions have been raised, for instance, about the analytic status of parties (whether they should be seen as the dependent or independent variable); ways of classifying party systems; the role of ideology in party differentiation; and the impact of international or global influences on the nature and opportunity horizons of parties and party systems. Rather than pursue all these questions further in this introduction, however, they will only be broached to the extent that they have relevance for its main theme. That theme is the part played by both parties individually and party systems in the process of democratic consolidation.
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