Opposition In A Dominant Party System

Author : Joseph Wong,Edward Friedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134032792

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Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems by Joseph Wong,Edward Friedman Pdf

This is a path-breaking study by leading scholars of comparative politics examining the internal transformations of dominant parties in both authoritarian and democratic settings. The principle question examined in this book is what happens to dominant political parties when they lose or face the very real prospect of losing? Using country-specific case studies, top-rank analysts in the field focus on the lessons that dominant parties might learn from losing and the adaptations they consequently make in order to survive, to remain competitive or to ultimately re-gain power. Providing historical based, comparative research on issues of theoretical importance, Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of comparative politics, international politics and political parties.

Author : Kenneth F. Greene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139466868

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Why Dominant Parties Lose by Kenneth F. Greene Pdf

Why have dominant parties persisted in power for decades in countries spread across the globe? Why did most eventually lose? Why Dominant Parties Lose develops a theory of single-party dominance, its durability, and its breakdown into fully competitive democracy. Greene shows that dominant parties turn public resources into patronage goods to bias electoral competition in their favor and virtually win elections before election day without resorting to electoral fraud or bone-crushing repression. Opposition parties fail because their resource disadvantages force them to form as niche parties with appeals that are out of step with the average voter. When the political economy of dominance erodes, the partisan playing field becomes fairer and opposition parties can expand into catchall competitors that threaten the dominant party at the polls. Greene uses this argument to show why Mexico transformed from a dominant party authoritarian regime under PRI rule to a fully competitive democracy.

Author : Matthijs Bogaards,Françoise Boucek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136960086

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Dominant Political Parties and Democracy by Matthijs Bogaards,Françoise Boucek Pdf

This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Bridging existing literatures, the authors analyse dominant parties at national and sub-national, district and intra-party levels and take a fresh look at some of the classic cases of one-party dominance. The book also features methodological advances in the study of dominant parties through contributions that develop new ways of conceptualizing and measuring one-party dominance. Combining theoretical and empirical research and bringing together leading experts in the field - including Hermann Giliomee and Kenneth Greene - this book features comparisons and case studies on Japan, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy, France and South Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, democracy studies, comparative politics, party politics and international studies specialists.

Author : T. J. Pempel
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501746161

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Uncommon Democracies by T. J. Pempel Pdf

In this collection of original essays, thirteen country specialists working within a common comparative frame of reference analyze major examples of long-term, single-party rule in industrialized democracies. They focus on four cases: Japan under the Liberal Democratic party since 1955; Italy under the Christian Democrats for thirty-five or more years starting in 1945; Sweden under the Social Democratic party from 1932 until 1976 (and again from 1982 until present); and Israel under the Labor party from pre-statehood until 1977.

Author : Charles Simkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135297176

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The Awkward Embrace by Charles Simkins Pdf

Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. By looking at four case-studies, The Awkward Embrace studies democracies of a different kind; rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat. Such systems have been called Regnant or or Uncommon Democracies. They are characterized by distinctive features: the staging of unfree or corrupt elections; the blurring of the lines between government, the ruling party and the state; the introduction of a national project which is seen to be above politics; and the erosion of civil society. This book addresses major issues such as why one such democracy, namely Taiwan, has been moving in the direction of a more competitive system; how economic crises such as the present one in Mexico can transform the system; how government-business relations in Malaysia are affecting the base of the dominant party; and whether South Africa will become a one-party dominant system.

Author : Singh Bilveer
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811200113

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Is The People's Action Party Here To Stay?: Analysing The Resilience Of The One-party Dominant State In Singapore by Singh Bilveer Pdf

This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore since June 1959. A political titan with few chinks in its armour, the party has kept winning elections under three prime ministers and Singapore is about to witness a transition to the fourth prime minister. The party's seemingly unstoppable sterling performance makes the issue of the durability of the PAP highly critical. In light of the serious weakness of the Opposition and the strong performance legitimacy of the ruling party, it is worthwhile asking the question, can the PAP stumble and fall? Addressing this question is highly relevant given that similar political parties and structures have almost all collapsed elsewhere — the Barisan Nasional as the latest casualty with its defeat in Malaysia's 2018 General Elections. With an extensive coverage on domestic and international issues, up-to-date developments on the finalisation of the PAP's 4G leadership, the Workers' Party town council saga, and the efforts to form an opposition coalition led by Tan Cheng Bock are also analysed in this book.

Author : Ora John Reuter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107171763

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The Origins of Dominant Parties by Ora John Reuter Pdf

This book asks why dominant political parties emerge in some authoritarian regimes, but not in others, focusing on Russia's experience under Putin.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1966-03-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300094787

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Political Oppositions in Western Democracies by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

The idea that the opposition has a right to organize and to appeal for votes against the government in elections and in parliament is one of the most important milestones in the development of democratic institutions. Mr. Dahl and nine collaborators analyze the role of the opposition in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. In introductory and concluding chapters, Dahl compares the patterns of opposition in these countries and makes predictions for the future. He carries forward on the basis of this evidence the theory of a pluralistic society he has explored in earlier books such as Who Governs? Mr. Dahl is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. His collaborators are Samuel Barnes, Hans Daalder, Frederick Engelmann, Alfred Grosser, Otto Kirchheimer, Val R. Lorwin, Allen Potter, Stein Rokkan, and Nils Stjernquist. "This stately volume is distinguished by several unusual features. First, it straightforwardly focuses on a crucial issue of Comparative Politics without being vitiated by the familiar behaviorist semantics and jargon. Secondly, contrary to the ubiquitous trend in this country, flooded by discussion—more journalistic than scientific—on the emergent states, it centers on constitutional democracy in Western Europe, a region which for a decade and more had been badly neglected by the rampant computerizers. Thirdly, for the ten countries under discussion Professor Dahl was fortunate to enlist the services of genuine experts, the majority of whom are specialists in their field. . . . On the whole the volume is one of the major contributions to Comparative Politics that have appeared in this country for some time. The study of the issue as such as well as of the individual reviews is highly rewarding."—Karl Loewenstein, The Annals.

Author : Ethan Scheiner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521846929

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Democracy Without Competition in Japan by Ethan Scheiner Pdf

This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.

Author : R. Kenneth Carty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192674388

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The Government Party by R. Kenneth Carty Pdf

Democracy thrives on vigorous competition between political parties. However, in several established democracies one party manages to dominate national politics for decades at a time, seemingly creating a democratic one-party unnatural democracy. This book examines five such countries - Canada, Ireland, India, Japan, Italy - to understand what kind of party comes to dominate democratic competition, and how and why they do so. In different countries with different political challenges, an analysis of their 'Government Parties' reveals their common relationship with the origins and operations of the states they dominate, and the nation- and/or state-building challenges they face. Democratic dominance cannot last forever; how a government party responds to the seemingly inevitable decline of long-term support defines the prospects for its unnatural democracy. Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterized by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit www.ecprnet.eu The series is edited by Susan Scarrow, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, and Jonathan Slapin, Professor of Political Institutions and European Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich.

Author : Angela S. Burger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520365568

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Opposition in a Dominant-Party System by Angela S. Burger Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Author : Sinan Ciddi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134025596

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Kemalism in Turkish Politics by Sinan Ciddi Pdf

This book is concerned with Turkey’s political evolution, the role of Kemalism, and why a social democratic alternative has never fully developed. Concentrating on the electoral weaknesses of the Turkish centre-left, represented by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Sinan Ciddi examines the roles of nationalism and the political establishment and the role of Kemalist ideology. Established by Kemal Ataturk, the CHP is seen to be the founding party of modern Turkey. Kemalism sought to create a secular and democratic society based on the principles of republicanism, populism, secularism, nationalism and revolutionism. Although this leftist ideology became an integral part of Turkish politics by the early 1960s, it has remained a comparatively weak representative movement. Its strong ideological stance advocates an authoritarian and exclusionary position, particularly in relation to matters such as multiculturalism and democratisation, fuelling many debates concerning the role of religion and nationalism within Turkey and perpetuating elements of xenophobia and intolerance. This book will be of interest to students of politics, history and current affairs, and of Turkish politics in particular.

Author : T. J. Pempel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015017003552

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Uncommon Democracies by T. J. Pempel Pdf

Papers from a conference held in London and sponsored by the Joint Committees on Japanese Studies and Western Europe of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Author : Angela Sutherland Burger
Publisher : Canberra : Australian National University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Bharatiya Jan Sangh
ISBN : OCLC:471552197

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Opposition in a Dominant-party System by Angela Sutherland Burger Pdf

Author : Heidi Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123512001

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The Dominant Party System by Heidi Brooks Pdf