Why dominant parties lose
Subtitle: Mexico's democratization in comparative perspective
By: Kenneth F. Greene
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780521139892
Subjects: Comparative government; One-party systems; Election; Opposition (Political science); Democratization; Presidents
Notes: Originally published: 2007.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: The puzzle of single-party dominance; title: A theory of single-party dominance and opposition party evelopment; title: Dominant party advantages and opposition party failure, 1930s-1990s; title: Why participate? : a theory of elite activism in dominant party systems; title: The empirical dynamics of elite activism; title: Constrained to the core : opposition party organizations, 1980s-1990s; title: Dominance defeated : voting behavior in the 2000 elections; title: Extending the argument : Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan.