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This 3 page paper is an outline and annotated bibliography for use in preparing an essay on how political parties emerged, and why they were more successful in some countries than others. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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and fail in others. INTRODUCTION DISCUSSION An overview of the history of partisan politics worldwide The history of partisan politics in Western Europe
The history of partisan politics in the United States The development of the American two-party system The relevance of the two-party system to America today Why
partisan systems work well in some countries and not in others The functions of political parties The future of political parties CONCLUSION ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Dalton, R.J. & Wattenberg, M.P. (2000). Parties without partisans: Political change in advanced industrial democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Russell Dalton is a professor
of political science at the University of California, Irvine. His work focuses on the citizens role in the political process. Mark Wattenberg is also a professor of political science at
UCI. Their book is well-written but very scholarly and somewhat dry, though that is probably merely a matter of taste. The authors have analyzed in detail the role that
political parties play in 20 nations and argue that although the parties are still exercising their traditional roles, they are losing public support, as voters become more skeptical in general
about partisan political parties. This is an excellent resource for a broad understanding of the way in which political parties developed and why they are still relevant: Its too soon
to write an obituary for political parties, but a pattern of partisan decline ... is increasingly apparent in almost all advanced industrial democracies" (Dalton and Wattenberg, 2000, p. 3).
Koole, R. (2005). The important role of political parties in modern democracies. Retrieved October 7, 2008 from www.pvda.nl/download.do/id/300009271/cd/true/ Dr. Ruud Koole is the chair of the Dutch Labour party
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