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Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State

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English, French (translation)

439 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1954

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Maurice Duverger

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243 reviews46 followers
March 18, 2015
كتاب مرجعي هام لموريس دوفرجيه يظهر تطور الاحزاب الغربية و يعرض صورة واضحة لبنيانها و ايديولوجياتها،مثلما يربطها بصراع السلطة و دورها الحاسم في التطور الديموقراطي،مع عرض امثلة تفصيلية للمخاض الحزبي في عدد من الدول الغربية مع التركيز على فرنسا في بعض الاحيان.
الفترة التي يركز عليها دوفرجيه في هذا الكتاب تكاد تنحصر بين فترة ما بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية و ما قبل الحرب الباردة حيث ترد العديد من الاطروحات في هذه الفترة بالذات،و لكن هذا لا يعني ان هذا الكتاب لا يمثل مرجعية لدراسة مفهوم الصراع الحزبي و التعددية السياسية و الانظمة الشمولية و غيرها الكثير من الظواهر السياسية التي ما تزال سارية في وقتنا الحاضر في الغرب بالذات.
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210 reviews6 followers
January 9, 2022
From about a third of the way in forward, this felt a little too dry. However, it is undeniable that the first third in particular was very interesting and engaging.

Duverger surprised me by having a more nihilistic view than I anticipated about political parties during the conclusion.
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33 reviews1 follower
April 11, 2014
Very interesting book. It is a good approach to review and analyse the principles of political parties’ functionality, their influence on state development and politics. There is a comprehensive overview of how in reality and not in dreams democracy and, for example, very frequently mentioned system of “checks and balances” work. Author is moderately humorous and that makes reading even more fascinating. It becomes clear why many people consider politics as obscenity. This opinion is based not on competence, but because politics is obscure to majority of people. Highly recommended to those who watch and read news, do things, make decisions, and is just merely interested in how everything works around.
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August 4, 2020
Definitivamente un libro de mucha historia que para quién no conoce como ha sido la evolución de los partidos, es un libro que te puede ayudar, hasta como por los años 50. Pero si sirve un poco como para desmitificar la palabra régimen.

Aunque obvio lo que comenta en la Bibliografía tiene mucha razón; pues no fue escrito en esta era de la transparencia.
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