Citizens, Parties and the State - A Reappraisal

This is a major analysis of the role of political parties in the development and promotion of democracy. Ware offers an original discussion of an era of political life which has remained underexamined--the impact of parties on democratic life.

List of contents

1. Parties and Democratic Theory 2. Democracy in a One-party System
3. The Impact of Party Competition
4. The Public and Private Dimension of Parties
5. Participation in Political Parties
6. Control over Political Parties
7. Control Exercised by Political Parties
8. The Future of Parties as Agents of Democracy

About the author

Alan Ware is Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Worcesterr College, Oxford. His books include Political Parties (editor, 1987), Between Profit and State (1988), Citizens, Parties and the State (1989) and Electoral Systems: A Comparative and Theoretical Introduction (with Andrew Reeve, 1982).

Summary

This analysis of the role of political parties in the development and promotion of democracy combines a comparative study of parties with a comprehensive discussion of democratic theory, examining both one-party political systems and representative democracies.

Product details

• Authors: Ware, A Ware, Alan Ware, Alan J Ware, Alan J. Ware, Ware Alan J.
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.1988
• EAN: 9780745603858
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-0385-8
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Political parties and party platforms