Party politics in new democracies / edited by Paul Webb and Stephen White. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xv, 375 p. ; 24 cm. - Comparative politics . - Comparative politics (Oxford University Press) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualizing the institutionalization and performance of political parties in new democracies / Paul Webb and Stephen White -- Russia's client party system / Stephen White -- Political parties in Ukraine : virtual and representational / Andrew Wilson and Sarah Birch -- Poland : party system by default / Krzysztof Jasiewicz -- Building party government : political parties in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Petr Kopecky -- The only game in town : party politics in Hungary / Zsolt Enyedi and Gabor Toka -- Parties and governability in Brazil / Barry Ames and Timothy J. Power -- "Que se vayan todos!" : the struggle for democratic party politics in contemporary Argentina / Celia Szusterman -- Strong parties in a struggling party system : Mexico in the democratic era / Joy Langston -- The durability of the party system in Chile / Alan Angell -- Political parties in Costa Rica : democratic stability and party-system change in a Latin American context / John A. Booth -- Political parties in new democracies : trajectories of development and implications for democracy / Paul Webb and Stephen White.

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Political parties.
New democracies.
Politieke partijen.
Democratisering
Postcommunisme.


Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
Oost-Europa.
Latijns-Amerika.

JF 2051 / P275 2007

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