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Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties (Hardcover)
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Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties (Hardcover)
Series: Comparative Politics
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Political parties have long been recognized as essential
institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of
parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state, and each
other have evolved since the rise of liberal democracy in the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Going into the 21st century, it appears
that parties losing popular support, putting both parties, and
potentially democracy, in peril. This book traces the evolution of
parties from the model of the mass party, through the catch-all
party model, to argue that by the late 20th century the principal
governing parties and (and their allied smaller parties -
collectively the political 'mainstream') were effectively forming a
cartel, in which the form of competition might remain, and indeed
even appear to intensify, while its substance was increasingly
hollowed out. The spoils of office were increasingly shared rather
than restricted to the temporary winners; contentious policy
questions were kept off the political agenda, and competition
shifted from large questions of policy to minor questions of
managerial competence. To support this cartel, the internal
arrangements of parties changed to privilege the party in public
office over the party on the ground. The unintended consequence has
been to stimulate the rise of extra-cartel challengers to these
cozy arrangements in the form of anti-party-system parties and
populist oppositions on the left, but especially on the right.
Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and
students of political science that deals with contemporary
government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are
characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong
methodological rigour. The series is published in association with
the European Consortium for Political Research. For more
information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by Emilie
van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Universite libre de
Bruxelles; Ferdinand Muller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the
Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, John
and Rebecca Moores Professor of Political Science, University of
Houston.
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