Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Studying the Relationship Between Parties and Democracy -- Parties and Democracy: Not a Straightforward Relationship -- Puzzles from the Real World and from the Political Science View -- The Novelty of the Book and the Thesis -- Research Questions -- Research Approach -- Selection of Slovenia as Case Study -- Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Political Thought on Democracy Related to Political Parties -- Theories of Democracy -- Liberal Thought and Parties -- Theoretical Adaptations to the Real-Life Phenomena of Political Parties -- Empirical Liberalism and an Operational Definition of Liberal Democracy -- Illiberal vs Liberal Democracy -- A Variety of Other Democratic Ideals in the Frame of a Nation State After the Second World War -- Transnational Democracy and the European Union as a Regional Political System -- Cosmopolitan Democracy -- References -- 3 Relations Between Democracy and Parties -- Varieties of Democracy and Varieties of Parties -- Western Lenses -- Variety of Relationships Between Political Parties and Democracy -- Parties and Other Factors of Democratic Transitions and Consolidation of Democracy -- Parties and Other Factors of Democratic Backsliding and Democracy's Failure -- Illiberal Abuse of Democracy and Autocratization -- References -- 4 Party System Characteristics and Challenges to Democracy -- Introduction -- Party System and Party Institutionalization -- Party System Institutionalization -- Individual Party Institutionalization -- Party and Party System Institutionalization in Relation to Democracy -- Party System Stabilization as a Dimension of Institutionalization -- Government Formation and Party System Closure -- Government Formation and Democracy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031549496
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31281871
DDC:
324.24973
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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