Political Parties
Political parties played an important role in nineteenth-century America and ultimately had an impact on the secession of the Southern states and the Civil War (1861–1865). Th...
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Political Party Systems
Definitions
Political parties have been defined both normatively, with respect to the preferences of the analyst, and descriptively, with respect to the activities in which par...
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Political Parties
Political parties are key institutions in contemporary democracies. As E. E. Schattschneider famously asserted more than half a century ago, "Modern democracy is unthinkable s...
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Political Party Systems
Parties do not exist in isolation, but rather relate to each other: hence, the notion of a "party system" that assumes, justifiably, the characteristics and behav...
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When George Washington left office, he warned the nation about political parties fearing they were dangerous to the way government should function. Despite his warning, political parties developed and...
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In a world full of diverse people with different view points and different ideas, how could a society not be divided between ideas or beliefs? Whether it is at school, work, or a different group withi...
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Political Parties
Political Party Systems
Political Parties
