TY - BOOK ID - 15883722 TI - Parties, Governments and Elites : The Comparative Study of Democracy AU - Harfst, Philipp. AU - Kubbe, Ina. AU - Poguntke, Thomas. PY - 2017 SN - 3658174463 3658174455 PB - Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Comparative politics. KW - Democracy. KW - Elections. KW - Africa KW - Europe KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Comparative Politics. KW - Electoral Politics. KW - African Politics. KW - European Politics. KW - Politics and government. KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Africa-Politics and government. KW - Europe-Politics and government. KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Africa—Politics and government. KW - Europe—Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15883722 AB - Parties, governments and elites are at the core of the study of democracy. The traditional view is that parties as collective actors play a paramount role in the democratic process. However, this classical perspective has been challenged by political actors, observers of modern democracy as well as political scientists. Modern political parties assume different roles, contemporary leaders can more heavily influence politics, governments face new constraints and new collective bodies continue to form, propose new ways of participation and policy making, and attract citizens and activists. In the light of these observations, the comparative study of democracy faces a number of important and still largely unsolved questions that the present volume will address. Contents Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Looking Onward: Perspectives of Comparative Political Science Target Groups - Researchers and students of comparative political science - Practitioners of democracy promotion and stabilisation The Editors Dr. Philipp Harfst is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Dr. Ina Kubbe is Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Dr. Thomas Poguntke is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF) at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. ER -