An Introduction to Comparative Government |
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performance of political systems | 28 |
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THE BASES OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS | 43 |
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action activities administrative analysis appear arrangements assembly associational groups Atlantic area Atlantic countries authoritarian authority basis become behaviour bodies bureaucracy cent centralization characteristics characterized class-based Communist comparative government consider constitutional continuum courts created decentralization demands democratic Diagram dictatorships effect electoral systems emerge ethnic examine exist extent federal Firstly function goals governmental ideology implementation imposed imposition increase independence instance large number leaders leadership least legitimacy legitimate mass less liberal democracies limited major mass media ment military intervention natural norms noted one-party systems organizations parliamentary systems particular party systems patterns of relationships political parties political system polity populist position presidential systems problems procedures proportional representation public communication question radical régimes relation relatively result role rule rule-adjudication rule-making Secondly semi-direct democracy single-party systems situation social society socio-economic development Soviet Union structures take place technicians tend theory tion trade unions two-party systems types variables variations votes