Parties: Literature Summaries, Class Analysis & Tutorial Notes

• Key’s three party functions

• Number of parties: Duverger’s theory

• Historical dynamics of a party system

• Party systems in new democracies Party Formation and Party-Voter Linkages

Comprehensive Literature Notes & Analyses:

• Dalton, R.J., (2002) ‘Political Cleavages, Issues, and Electoral Change’

• Dalton, R.J., (2008) 'Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies'

• Gallagher, M et al., (2008) Representative Government in Modern Europe, 4th ed. (Boston: McGraw-Hill), Chs. 8-10.

• Evans 1999, The End of Class Politics?

• Tavits M (2008), ‘Party systems in the making: The Emergence and Success of New Parties in New Democracies’ Party Organisation

• Political Parties and Party Systems

• Cadre parties vs mass parties

• Change in recruitment patterns

• Functionalist Approach

• Electoral Competition Models

• Institutional Approach

Case Studies

• **Katz, R. and Mair, P., (Jan 1995) ‘Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party’,

• **Wolinetz, S.B., (2002) ‘Beyond the Catch-All Party’ Party Competition & Party Systems:

• *Ware, A., (1996) Political Parties and Party Systems (Oxford: OUP) - Part II

• **Mueller, W. & Strom, K., (1999) Policy, Office or Votes: How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions

• Amorim Neto, O. and Cox, G. (Jan 1997) ‘Electoral institutions, cleavage structures, and the number of parties’ American Journal of Political Science, 41(1),

• Mair, P., (2002) ‘Comparing Party Systems’