Contemporary Democracies: Participation, Stability, and Violence,

by G. Bingham Powell Jr.

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674166868
• ISBN13: 9780674166868
• Release Date: November 1982
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.