Tag: Parties

Free Download Luciano Bardi, Stefano Bartolini, Alexander H. Trechsel, "The Role of Parties in Twenty-First Century Politics: Responsive and Responsible?"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1138845426, 0367738767 | EPUB | pages: 238 | 1.2 mb
For a long time analyses of political parties were framed within the usual context of democracy and of the historical transformation of the forms of democratic government. More recently several authors, among which eminently Peter Mair, progressively began to question the relationship between the normative definition of democratic government and the actual operation of parties. These new concerns are well epitomized by the tension between ‘responsiveness’ and ‘responsibility’ that gives the title to this book.

Free Download International IDEA, "Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance"
English | 2015 | pages: 458 | ISBN: 9187729245 | PDF | 7,5 mb
Political parties need access to funds in order to play their part in the political process. At the same time, the role of money in politics is arguably the biggest threat to democracy worldwide today. This threat is clear across all continents-from huge corporate campaign donations in the United States and drug money seeping into politics in Latin America to corruption scandals throughout Asia and Europe. Attempts to tackle these challenges through political finance laws and regulations are often undermined by a lack of political will or capacity, as well as poorly designed and enforced measures. This handbook addresses the problems of money in politics by analyzing political finance regulations around the world and providing guidance for reform. The chapters are divided by region; each assesses the current state of regulations in relation to its challenges and offers a series of recommendations to tackle the identified shortcomings. This geographical approach has the benefit of revealing regional trends and patterns. An additional chapter focuses on gender, reflecting the reality that women remain grossly underrepresented in politics around the world, while the increasing influence of money in politics perpetuates this inequality.

Free Download David Broughton, David Denver, David Farrell, "British Elections and Parties Yearbook"
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0714642436, 0714647055 | EPUB | pages: 230 | 1.2 mb
This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.

Free Download James Chiriyankandath, "Parties and Political Change in South Asia"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0367739208, 113882156X | EPUB | pages: 196 | 1.1 mb
Over the past seven decades and more, political parties have become an essential feature of the political landscape of the South Asian subcontinent, serving both as a conduit and product of the tumultuous change the region has experienced. Yet they have not been the focus of sustained scholarly attention. This collection focuses on different aspects of how major parties have been agents of – and subject to – change in three South Asian states (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), examining some of the apparent paradoxes of politics in the subcontinent and covering issues such as gender, religion, patronage, clientelism, political recruitment and democratic regression. Recurring themes are the importance of personalities (and the corresponding neglect of institutionalisation) and the lack of pluralism in intraparty affairs, factors that render parties and political systems vulnerable to degeneration.

Free Download Louis W. Goodman, Johanna Mendelson Forman, "Political Parties And Democracy In Central America"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0813382432, 0813382424 | EPUB | pages: 407 | 1.3 mb
During the 1980s, superpower rivalry and regional conflicts decimated the Central American economies and eroded political systems within the region. Recent years, however, have witnessed remarkable political change, and since 1990 popularly elected presidents have held office in all seven countries. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the

Free Download Parties and Party Politics By Zoya Hasan (editor)
2004 | 582 Pages | ISBN: 0195668332 | PDF | 21 MB
This is the Oxford India Paperback of a very successful hardback published in 2002. The volume brings together essays on wide ranging issues that impinge on political parties and the challenges confronting the party system in India. Presents an overall picture of the origins, evolution and transformation of party politics post-independence.

Free Download Kanchan Chandra, "Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India"
English | 2004 | pages: 370 | ISBN: 0521814529, 0521891418 | PDF | 3,9 mb
Drawing on a study of variation in the performance of four ethnic parties in India, this book develops a theory of ethnic party performance in "patronage democracies"-a family of democracies with distinct patterns of political behavior as well as a new interpretation of Indian democracy. Demonstrating the connection between India’s state-dominated economy and the behavior of its voters and politicians, it includes an extensive study of the Bahujan Samaj Party and contemporary ethnic politics in India.

Free Download The Social Democratic Parties in the Visegrád Countries: Predicaments and Prospects for Progressivism by Ania Skrzypek, András Bíró-Nagy
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 245 Pages | ISBN : 3031307917 | 10 MB
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social democratic parties in the four member states of the so-called "Visegrád Group"- Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The timeline spans the last two decades, which saw the parties in question come to power, govern and collapse. The case studies of all four countries are structured in the same way, offering: explanation of the historical background (including electoral results), analyses of the context, structures, membership and voters; evaluation of the programmes and hypotheses for potential future trajectories. Given the European relevance of the topic, the fifth chapter provides a comparative analysis, with a handful of explanations as to why Visegrád Group countries have proved to be tough partners in European integration processes.

Free Download Arbitration Clauses and Third Parties
by Asli Arda
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032215003 | 317 pages | True PDF | 27.14 MB

Free Download Skewing Chaos : The Role of Political Parties in Paraguay’s Legislature
by Andrés Manuel Carrizosa
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031186249 | 280 Pages | True ePUB | 6.65 MB