Building party systems
Subtitle: party system nationalization in developing democracies
By: Allen Hicken.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780521885348
Subjects: Political parties -- Thailand; Political parties -- Philippines; Thailand -- Politics and government -- 1986-; Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1986-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A theory of aggregation incentives; title: Testing the theory; title: Aggregation, nationalization, and the number of parties in Thailand; title: Explaining aggregation in Thailand; title: Term limits, aggregation incentives, and the number of parties in the Philippines; title: Conclusion.