TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hicken,Allen
TI  - Building party systems in developing democracies
SN  - 0511479980
AV  - JQ1749.A795 H53 2009eb
U1  - 324.2/04 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Philippines
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - Political Parties
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1986-
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- A theory of aggregation incentives -- Testing the theory -- Aggregation, nationalization, and the number of parties in Thailand -- Explaining aggregation in Thailand -- Term limits, aggregation incentives, and the number of parties in the Philippines -- Conclusion
N2  - This book addresses the question of why a party system with a modest number of nationally oriented political parties emerges in some democracies but not others. The number of parties and nationalization are the product of coordination between voters, candidates, and party leaders within local electoral districts and coordination among candidates and elites across districts. Candidates and voters can do and do coordinate locally in response to electoral incentives, but coordination across districts, or aggregation, often fails in developing democracies. A key contribution of this book is the development and testing of a theory of aggregation incentives that focuses on the payoff to being a large party and the probability of capturing that payoff. The book relies on in-depth case studies of Thailand and the Philippines, and on large-n analysis to establish its arguments
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