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Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies
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Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies Hardback - 2009

by Allen Hicken

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This book addresses the question of why a party system with a modest number of nationally oriented political parties emerges in some democracies but not others. The number of parties and nationalization are the product of coordination between voters, candidates, and party leaders within local electoral districts and coordination among candidates and elites across districts. Candidates and voters can do and do coordinate locally in response to electoral incentives, but coordination across districts, or aggregation, often fails in developing democracies. A key contribution of this book is the development and testing of a theory of aggregation incentives that focuses on the payoff to being a large party and the probability of capturing that payoff. The book relies on in-depth case studies of Thailand and the Philippines, and on large-n analysis to establish its arguments.

Details

  • Title Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies
  • Author Allen Hicken
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, [Cambridge, New York, et al.]
  • Publication date 2009-01-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780521885348 / 0521885345
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Philippines - Politics and government - 1986-, Political parties - Thailand
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008021940
  • Dewey Decimal Code 324.204

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