Political Parties and Governments: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Governments and Supporting Parties in Free Democratic Countries

Author: (French) Blondel, J.
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book selects 11 countries—presidential United States, semi-presidential France, and 9 parliamentary countries—as examples, systematically examining 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 liberal regimes. 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 foundational work in the study of governments and supportive parties, as they contribute to clarifying how the concept of "party government" influences administrative issues under modern liberal democratic representation.