Political Parties and Governments (An Analysis of the Relationship Between Governments and Supporting Parties in Liberal Democratic Countries)

Author: (French) Brondel, (Italian) Cotta, edited by Shi Zhiqin and others translated
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book selects 11 countries as examples—the presidential United States, the semi-presidential France, and 9 parliamentary countries—to systematically examine the relationship between their governments and supportive parties from three aspects: appointment of positions, policy-making, and political patronage. Among the 11 countries, the United States and India are two non-Western free political systems. They help us discover what is universal and what is not universal in the relationship between governments and supportive parties in contemporary liberal democratic states. Comparative case studies are the foundational work of government and supportive party research. They assist us in clarifying how the concept of "party government" influences administrative issues under modern liberal democratic representation.