The great retreat

• Verfasst von: Kuo, Didi [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The great retreat
• Titelzusatz: how political parties should behave and why they don't
• Verf.angabe: Didi Kuo
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online : Political Science
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766422-3
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780197664193.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Kuo, Didi, 1983 - : The great retreat. - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025. - xi, 210 Seiten
• Sach-SW: Society
• Sach-SW: Society & culture: general
• K10plus-PPN: 1916074901
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

As the crisis of democratic capitalism sweeps the globe, The Great Retreat makes the controversial argument that what democracies require most are stronger political parties that serve as intermediaries between citizens and governments.

Abstract

"The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave And Why They Don't examines political parties as an institution central to democracy and critical to the relationship between democracy and capitalism. Political parties are the foremost intermediaries entrusted with representing the interests of a diffuse citizenry. Thus, parties shaped democracy and were crucial to democratic stability and success. When working well, political parties socialize citizens into politics and provide a consistent mechanism for citizens to wield a voice in their governments. The Great Retreat also considers the party development in Europe and Latin America in correlation with the trends in the United States"--