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Language:
EnglishTopic:
Civil Society, Elections, Political PartiesCollection:
Global Dialogue SeriesAuthors:
ISBN:
9780773537408Political Parties and Civil Society in Federal Countries: Booklet Series, Volume 9
Booklet 9 explores the patterns of mutual interaction between political parties and federal institutions in the following twelve federal countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the multi-level structures of electoral competition and the vertical linkages of state-wide party organizations in their country, as well as processes of government formation and the coordination of public policies across territorial levels via party channels.