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Political Parties and Democracy

Contemporary Western Europe and Asia

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Takashi Inoguchi

    1. Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Jean Blondel

    1. London, UK

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Part of the book series: Asia Today (ASIAT)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Political Parties and Democracy in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia

    • Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi
    Pages 1-11

  3. Britain

    • Jean Blondel
    Pages 13-31

  4. France

    • Jean Blondel, Jean-Louis Thiebault
    Pages 33-50

  5. Germany

    • Martin Elff
    Pages 51-71

  6. Italy

    • Jean Blondel, Nicolò Conti
    Pages 73-91

  7. The Netherlands

    • Rudy B. Andeweg
    Pages 93-110

  8. Japan

    • Takashi Inoguchi
    Pages 111-125

  9. South Korea

    • Cheol Hee Park
    Pages 127-142

  10. Thailand

    • Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee
    Pages 143-164

  11. Indonesia

    • Sunny Tanuwidjaja
    Pages 165-186

  12. The Philippines

    • Julio C. Teehankee
    Pages 187-205

  13. Conclusion: Toward the Elaboration of a General Theory of Parties—The Cases of Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia

    • Takashi Inoguchi, Jean Blondel
    Pages 207-222

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 223-243
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About this book

Well-reputed political scientists residing and teaching in ten countries, five in Asia and five in Europe, comparatively examine the place of political parties in democracy, and provide an empirically rigorous, up-to-date, comprehensive synthesis of the organization of political parties and their links with citizens in a democracy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Inoguchi

  • London, UK

    Jean Blondel

About the editors

J. L. Thiebault, Institut D'etudes Politiques De Lille, France Martin Elff, University Of Essex, UK Nicolò Conti, The Unitelma Sapienza University Of Rome, Italy Rudy B. Andeweg, Leiden University, The Netherlands Cheol Hee Park, Seoul National University, Korea Siripan Nogusan Sawasdee, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Sunny Tanuwidjaja, Centre For Strategic And International Studies, Jakarta Julio C. Teehankee, De La Salle University, Philippines

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