Why do some democracies succeed while others fail? In seeking an answer to this classic problem, G. Bingham Powell, Jr. examines the record of voter participation, government stability, and violence in 29 democracies during the 1960s and 1970s. The core of the book and its most distinguishing feature is the treatment of the role of political parties in mobilizing citizens and containing violence.
- ISBN10 0674166868
- ISBN13 9780674166868
- Publish Date 3 November 1982
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 August 1993
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English