Political Parties and Democracy: Contemporary Western Europe and Asia

✍ Scribed by Takashi Inoguchi, Jean Blondel (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 246
Series: Asia Today
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Political Parties and Democracy in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia....Pages 1-11
Britain....Pages 13-31
France....Pages 33-50
Germany....Pages 51-71
Italy....Pages 73-91
The Netherlands....Pages 93-110
Japan....Pages 111-125
South Korea....Pages 127-142
Thailand....Pages 143-164
Indonesia....Pages 165-186
The Philippines....Pages 187-205
Conclusion: Toward the Elaboration of a General Theory of Parties—The Cases of Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia....Pages 207-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-243

✦ Subjects

Comparative Politics; European Union Politics; Asian Politics; Political Science; Democracy

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