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From parliamentarism to political organizations, parties and party systems have evolved from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century global world, becoming important catalysts of political change and transformation. While the formation of parties across the globe has followed different patterns, to be characterized by four I’s —individuals, interests, issues and ideology—party theorization and party model building witnessed new trends to be conceptualized by C5. Despite facing crucial and critical challenges, political parties play a vital role in democratic polities in contemporary times.
As soon as a party, even if created for the noblest object, perpetuates itself, it tends to degeneration
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Choudhary, S.K. (2018). Theorizing Parties and Party Systems. In: The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems . Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5175-3_1
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