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Party Systems and Country Governance (Hardcover)
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" Features of this text include " A cross-national analysis of
political party systems in 212 countries of the world. A
student-friendly introduction to political science methods
including regression analysis. Student research projects in the
text as well as additional Website materials."Party Systems and
Country Governance" focuses on party systems their variations
across the world and their effects on country governance. It is
also about the conceptualization and measurement of country
governance. In the language of research, party system traits are
the independent variables and country governance scores are the
dependent variables. According to the normative values of
democratic theory, the presence of competitive, aggregative, stable
systems of political parties contributes to better country
governance. International aid agencies have tended to accept the
normative theory, assuming its truth. As a result, they have spent
millions of dollars in efforts to develop competitive, aggregative,
stable party systems. This study translates the normative theory
into testable empirical theory. It provides evidence that largely,
but not completely, supports the assumptions of aid agencies. The
nature of a country s party system affects the quality of its
governance. To measure governance, the authors used the existing
World Bank Governance Indicators for 2007 on 212 countries. Using
Internet sources, they collected parliamentary party data for 189
countries after two elections: a stimulus election in the mid-2000s
and an adjacent referent election usually held prior to the
stimulus election. The authors identified fifteen additional
countries that did not hold elections for parliamentary parties and
eight countries that held nonpartisan elections, seating no
deputies by party. Together these 212 countries account for
virtually all the variations in party systems across the
world.Also, check out the website for "Party Systems" to see
student exercises and learn more about the book."
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