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Party Systems

Party Systems is a singular academic concept referring to the structured configuration of political parties within a given polity, distinguished by the number, relationships, and institutionalization of parties that compete for political power through elections.

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Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy

Seymour Martin Lipset · American Political Science Review · 1959 · 7K citations

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Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis

Ruth Scott, Paul K. Warr, Giovanni Sartori · The Western Political Quarterly · 1977 · 4.1K citations

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“Effective” Number of Parties

Markku Laakso, Rein Taagepera · Comparative Political Studies · 1979 · 3.4K citations · Full text

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A Systems Analysis of Political Life

Martin Albrow, David Easton · British Journal of Sociology · 1966 · 3.4K citations

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Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy

Richard S. Katz, Peter Mair · Party Politics · 1995 · 3.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Peter Mair

    Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

    30 publications · 7.9K citations

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  2. SM
    Scott Mainwaring

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    22 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. FC
    Fernando Casal Bértoa

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. RJ
    Ron Johnston

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 2K citations

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  5. IM
    Ian McAllister

    Australian National University, Australia

    26 publications · 1.2K citations

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    50 h-index

    119 publications

    12.7K citations

  2. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    49 h-index

    115 publications

    10.6K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    119 publications

    9.6K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    43 h-index

    113 publications

    13.2K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    40 h-index

    75 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    84 publications

    5.8K citations

  7. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    36 h-index

    80 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    36 h-index

    78 publications

    6.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 589 publications · 63.2K citations

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  2. Party Politics

    462 publications · 39.6K citations

    99

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  3. West European Politics

    WEP · 321 publications · 23.6K citations

    84

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  4. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 173 publications · 23.5K citations

    81

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  5. European Journal of Political Research

    194 publications · 22.9K citations

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