11 Political Parties and Party Systems

Lecture

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Required Reading

Lipset, S.M. and Rokkan, S. 1967. ‘Cleavage Structures, Party Systems, and Voter Alignments: An Introduction,’ in Party Systems and Voter Alignments. New York: Free Press. pp. 1-64.

Aldrich, J.H. 2011. Why Parties? A Second Look. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapters 1 and 2.

Recommended Reading

Katz, R.S. and Mair, P. 1995. ‘Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party,’ Party Politics, 1(1): 5-28.

Cox, G.W. 1997. Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World’s Electoral Systems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1.