Contemporary Democracies : : Participation, Stability, and Violence / / G. Bingham Powell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Powell, G. Bingham,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Tables --; Figures --; 1 Introduction / Democracy, Parties, and Performance --; 2 Political Performance / The Initial Comparison --; 3 The Social and Economic Environment --; 4 The Constitutional Setting --; 5 Party Systems and Election Outcomes --; 6 Citizen Involvement / Participation or Turmoil --; 7 Government Performance / Executive Stability --; 8 Managing Violence and Sustaining Democracy --; 9 Democratic Performance / Liberty, Competition, Responsiveness --; 10 Conclusion / Constraint and Creativity in Democracies --; Appendix --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674042353; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674042353?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. Bingham Powell.

Why do some democracies succeed while others fail? In seeking an answer to this classic problem, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., examines the record of voter participation, government stability, and violence in 29 democracies during the 1960s and 1970s. The core of the book and its most distinguishing feature is the treatment of the role of political parties in mobilizing citizens and containing violence.