Changing societies, changing party systems

Stoll, Heather (1976-....)

Changing societies, changing party systems [Texte imprimé] / Heather Stoll - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 - 1 vol. (XV-340 p.) ; graph. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 307-333

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Social heterogeneity and the number of parties: a theory; 3. Describing social heterogeneity: measures and testable hypotheses; 4. Social heterogeneity and party system fragmentation: empirical evidence across space and time; 5. Israel: new parties for new groups?; 6. Israel: testing hypotheses about sectarian party success; 7. The United States: new parties for new groups? testing hypotheses; 8. Conclusion: party system fragmentation and beyond

"This book studies how society shapes democratic political competition, with a focus on the number of political parties"--

978-1-107-03049-7 978-1-107-67574-2

Political parties Political participation Democracy POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

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