The Two-party System in English Political History
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 11,25 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Political Science
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Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 11,25 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Political Science
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Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 1926
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Author : Alan Ware
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0199564434
This book examines the role played by the parties themselves in two-party systems. It rejects the argument that the behaviour of the parties is determined largely by social forces or by the supposed logic of the electoral market. Instead, it shows that both structure and agency can matter. It focuses on three major aspects of change in two-party systems: (i) why occasionally major parties ( such as the British Liberals) collapse; (ii) why collapsed parties sometimes survive as minor parties, and sometimes do not; and (iii) what determines why, and how, major parties will ally themselves with minor parties in order to maximize their chances of winning. With respect to the first aspect it is argued that major parties are advantaged by two factors: the resources they have accumulated already, and their occupying role similar to that called by Thomas Schelling a "focal arbiter". Consequently, party collapse is rare. When it has occurred in nation states it is the result of a major party having to fight opposition on "two separate fronts". The survival of a collapsed party depends largely on its internal structure; when a party has linked closely the ambitions of politicians at different levels of office, party elimination is more likely. The main arena in which agency is significant - that is, when leadership is possible, including the politician acting as heresthetician - is in the re-building of coalitions. This is necessary for maximizing the chances of a party winning, but, for various reasons, coalitions between major and minor parties are usually difficult to construct. Comparative Politics is a series for scholars and students of political science that deals with contemporary issues in comparative government and politics. The General Editor is David M. Farrell, Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Head of School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 50,59 MB
Release : 1926
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Author : Universal Politics
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541958098
Use this book to learn about the two-party system that is practiced in the United States. You will also read about the political party and what it takes to be a member of one. Further, examine the functions of political parties as well as how they are organized. Delve deeper into how the US government works. Grab a copy today.
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
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ISBN : 9781628943801
Author : William Goodman
Publisher :
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Political parties
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Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Political Science
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Author : Alan R. Ball
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
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Author : John F Bibby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429964145
Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties? Why has this system remained largely intact while around the world democracies support multiparty systems? Should our two-party system continue as we enter the new millennium? This newly revised and updated edition of Two Parties-Or More? answers these questions by