The Government Party: Political Dominance in Democracy

by Kenneth Carty and Carty

Democracy thrives on vigorous competition between political parties. However, in several established democracies one party manages to dominate national politics for decades at a time, seemingly creating a democratic one-party unnatural democracy. This book examines five such countries - Canada, Ireland, India, Japan, Italy - to understand what kind of party comes to dominate democratic competition, and how and why they do so. In different countries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192858483
• ISBN13: 9780192858481
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"