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Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis
In this rich and broad-ranging volume, Giovanni Sartori outlines what is now recognised to be the most comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems. He also offers an extensive review of the concept and rationale of the political party, and develops a sharp critique of various spatial models of party competition. This is political science at its best – combining the intelligent use of theory with sophisticated analytic arguments, and grounding all of this on a substantial cross-national empirical base. Parties and Party Systems is one of the classics of postwar political science, and is now established as the foremost work in its field.
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368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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Giovanni Sartori
70 books82 followersGiovanni Sartori is an Italian political scientist specialized in the study of democracy and comparative politics.
Born in Florence in 1924. Sartori began his academic career as a lecturer in the History of Modern Philosophy. He founded the first Political Science academic post in Italy, and was Dean of the newly formed University of Florence's Department of Political Science. Sartori served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University from 1979 to 1994 and was later appointed Professor Emeritus.
He is a recipient of a Prince of Asturias Award (Social Sciences area, 2005). In 2009, he was the recipient of the Karl Deutsch Award of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), which honours a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research.
Sartori is a regular contributor, as an op-ed writer, of the leading Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera". His article "Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics" is prominent in the field, leading Gary Goertz to write, "There are few articles in political science that deserve the predicate "classic," but Sartori's ... merits the label."
Born in Florence in 1924. Sartori began his academic career as a lecturer in the History of Modern Philosophy. He founded the first Political Science academic post in Italy, and was Dean of the newly formed University of Florence's Department of Political Science. Sartori served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University from 1979 to 1994 and was later appointed Professor Emeritus.
He is a recipient of a Prince of Asturias Award (Social Sciences area, 2005). In 2009, he was the recipient of the Karl Deutsch Award of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), which honours a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research.
Sartori is a regular contributor, as an op-ed writer, of the leading Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera". His article "Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics" is prominent in the field, leading Gary Goertz to write, "There are few articles in political science that deserve the predicate "classic," but Sartori's ... merits the label."
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February 26, 2025
我一直是一个通过理解世界来接受现实的人。可依靠我既有的一切认知，也无法完全理解如今美国正发生的大转向。于是我试图从这本书里找到一些制度上的解答。
问题是它非常非常难读。所以在阅读的过程中，我经常顾不上理解美国的初衷了，我只想理解这本书。
首先，这本书原本就是高度抽象、高度理论化的，塞满了海量的专业术语，其结构和行文风格与乔万尼·萨托利的另一本我尤其喜欢的《民主新论》差距很大；其次，这个水准堪忧的译文更是让前者雪上加霜：紧邻的两页上的同一个术语也会出现不同的两种翻译。
但启发还是有的。
美国赢者通吃的两党制度，是否在通常情况下会因为双方都旨在争取中间选民而趋向于温和竞争，而在越过某个临界点之后反而有利于一党（或两党）中的某个极端派别施加其不成比例的影响力并将整个政党拖向加速极化的轨道呢？对此我并不确定，但暂时也找不到更好的答案了。
与世上的很多其他事情一样，人类的智慧是极其有限的。剩下的，只能交给时间了。
问题是它非常非常难读。所以在阅读的过程中，我经常顾不上理解美国的初衷了，我只想理解这本书。
首先，这本书原本就是高度抽象、高度理论化的，塞满了海量的专业术语，其结构和行文风格与乔万尼·萨托利的另一本我尤其喜欢的《民主新论》差距很大；其次，这个水准堪忧的译文更是让前者雪上加霜：紧邻的两页上的同一个术语也会出现不同的两种翻译。
但启发还是有的。
美国赢者通吃的两党制度，是否在通常情况下会因为双方都旨在争取中间选民而趋向于温和竞争，而在越过某个临界点之后反而有利于一党（或两党）中的某个极端派别施加其不成比例的影响力并将整个政党拖向加速极化的轨道呢？对此我并不确定，但暂时也找不到更好的答案了。
与世上的很多其他事情一样，人类的智慧是极其有限的。剩下的，只能交给时间了。
January 10, 2021
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April 27, 2025Leí el capítulo 5 y 6 para Sociología Política! (97/452pags)
December 28, 2025
prefiero masticar vidrio, tracar ácido, arrancarme los pelos y dientes con un alicate y pegarme un tiro antes que releer esta wea
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November 30, 2014Leído parcialmente para la facu, releído íntegramente al conseguirlo.
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