The Meaning of Partisanship

by Lea Ypi and Jonathan White

For a century at least, parties have been central to the study of politics. Yet their typical conceptual reduction to a network of power-seeking elites has left many to wonder why parties were ever thought crucial to democracy. This book seeks to retrieve a richer conception of partisanship, drawing on modern political thought and extending it in the light of contemporary democratic theory and practice. Looking beyond the party as organization, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199684170
• ISBN13: 9780199684175
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"