Political Parties (Library of Political Studies) - Softcover

Jupp, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0710060955 ISBN 13: 9780710060952

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1968

Synopsis

In this book the author proposes that parties are indispensable to modern politics and that the absence of parties suggests that a system is governed by a traditional elite which has yet to come to terms with the modern world. Without them it would be impossible to legitimize modern systems, to engage the loyalty and support of the citizens. The alternative to party rule is either aristocracy or violent repression. In all systems the party widens the area from which political leaders are recruited and is thus a ‘democratising’ if not necessarily a ‘liberalising’ force.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710060955
• ISBN 13: 9780710060952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126