Why dominant parties lose : Mexico's democratization in comparative perspective /
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 t...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The puzzle of single-party dominance
- A theory of single-party dominance and opposition party development
- Dominant party advantages and opposition party failure, 1930s-1990s
- Why participate? : a theory of elite activism in dominant party systems
- The empirical dynamics of elite activism
- Constrained to the core : opposition party organizations, 1980s-1990s
- Dominance defeated : voting behavior in the 2000 elections
- Extending the argument : Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan
- Conclusions and implications.