Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Contents vii
4. Part I: The Origin and Development of Parties
5. 1. The Origin and Development of Political Parties 3
6. 2. Parties, Elites, and Political Developments in Western Europe 43
7. 3. Parties and Nation-Building in America 79
8. 4. The Development of Parties in Turkey 107
9. Part II: Party Systems and their Transformation
10. 5. European Political Parties: The Case of Polarized Pluralism 137
11. 6. The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems 177
12. 7. The Decline of the Party in Single-Party African States 201
13. Part III: Parties and the Crises of Political Development
14. 8. Political Recruitment and Participation in Egypt 217
15. 9. Electoral Mobilization, Party Competition, and National Integration 241
16. 10. Parties and National Integration in Africa 267
17. 11. Political Parties and the Crisis of Succession in the United States: The Case of 1800 303
18. Part IV: Parties and Governmental Performance
19. 12. Political Parties and Policy-Making in Latin America 331
20. 13. Party Systems and National Development in Asia 369
21. CONCLUSION. The Impact of Parties on Political Development 399
22. A Selected Bibliography 439
23. Contributors 465
24. Index 471