TY - BOOK AU - Harfst,Philipp AU - Kubbe,Ina AU - Poguntke,Thomas ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Parties, Governments and Elites: The Comparative Study of Democracy T2 - Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, SN - 9783658174460 AV - JA71-80 U1 - 320 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Imprint: Springer VS KW - Comparative politics KW - Elections KW - Democracy KW - Africa—Politics and government KW - Europe—Politics and government KW - Comparative Politics KW - Electoral Politics KW - African Politics KW - European Politics N1 - Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective -- Looking Onward: Perspectives of Comparative Political Science; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки N2 - Parties, governments and elites are at the core of the study of democracy. The traditional view is that parties as collective actors play a paramount role in the democratic process. However, this classical perspective has been challenged by political actors, observers of modern democracy as well as political scientists. Modern political parties assume different roles, contemporary leaders can more heavily influence politics, governments face new constraints and new collective bodies continue to form, propose new ways of participation and policy making, and attract citizens and activists. In the light of these observations, the comparative study of democracy faces a number of important and still largely unsolved questions that the present volume will address. Contents Parties and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Governments and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Elites and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.- Looking Onward: Perspectives of Comparative Political Science Target Groups - Researchers and students of comparative political science - Practitioners of democracy promotion and stabilisation The Editors Dr. Philipp Harfst is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Dr. Ina Kubbe is Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Dr. Thomas Poguntke is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF) at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17446-0 ER -