… This book examines the role of political parties in … the party government model of
democracy, in which political … of democratic linkage, outlining the five main forms of linkage …

… political parties in postwar political science. I restrict my discussion to political parties in
democracies [ie political … study of the relationship between national party platforms and the ways …

Political parties are one of the core institutions of democracy. But in democracies around the …
in parties. In membership, organization, and popular involvement and commitment, …

… the relationship between the nature of political parties and … of democracy and the actual
role of political parties within it. Regrettably, however, the literatures on parties and democratic …

… , and whether parties will adapt to the changing environment… Political Parties and Democratic
Linkage provides a defense of the thesis that parties are still vital to democratic politics. …

… perceptions of democracy, looking in particular at the impact of parties’ … with democracy, but
rather to demonstrate that party … this, we pair party organizational data from the Political Party …

… first, we revisit the theoretical relationship between political parties and democracy. Second,
we … and their relationship to democracy. Parties and democracy: A necessary reassessment …

… of democracy. Among other things, this approach proposes that, given the particular weakness
of parties in terms of representative and participatory linkage… forms of democratic linkage, …

… as director of the political party programme of the National Democratic Institute he may not
… it as the bearer of democracy in preference to political parties. Doherty is insistent that civil …

… is to produce political parties that are more detached from organized social constituencies
… Indeed, the Latin American experience over the past two decades suggests that democracy …