Political Parties, Coalitions and Democracy
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Political Parties and Democracy
A central claim of democratic theory is that democracy induces governments to be responsive to the preferences of the people. Political parties organize politics in every modern democracy, and some observers claim that parties are what induce democracies to be responsive. Yet, according to others, parties give voice to extremists and reduce the responsiveness of governments to the citizenry. Th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Political Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2164-0505,2164-0513
DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2018.84029