Talk:Party system

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 Definition:  The set of political parties, voter alignments, and electoral conventions that for a time dominate a country's electoral process [d] [e]
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all this text and bibliog is by RJensen

Is it complete? Its scope seems somewhat parochial. Nick Gardner 05:45, 24 November 2007 (CST)

It's complete for the U.S. I would encourage more cosmopolitan scholars to cover the rest of the world. Richard Jensen 06:15, 24 November 2007 (CST)
Hmm, either we should rename this article to be focused on the USA or it needs to be restructured completely for the world. I say this because the separate headings mean nothing to me in comparative politics [this is because I know nothing about US politics, as well]. --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 07:13, 24 November 2007 (CST)
we have in place the outline for Canada and Japan, as well as a good bibliog for the rest of the world. Authors: start your wordprocessors! Richard Jensen 08:42, 24 November 2007 (CST)

Should there not be some material that is not country-specific? For example, what about the different political consequences of two-party, multi-party and dominant-party systems, the effect of proportional representation, Duverger's law and all that? Or should that be in another article? Nick Gardner 09:11, 24 November 2007 (CST)

yes that should be included (it's in the bibliography with Lipset and Sartori) Richard Jensen 09:42, 24 November 2007 (CST)

Richard: I have made a start on introducing that material by inserting a "definitions" paragraph, but I have run into trouble over inconsistency with the opening statement.

If you agree. I will get over that problem by substituting the following opening statement:

  • Party systems determine the extent to which individual political parties participate in government. Their formation and behavior are influenced by the electoral systems in operation and by the means that they adopt for funding, information, and selection of candidates and office holders. In American history, party systems have been separated by Realigning elections or "critical elections" each of which destroyed an existing system and created a new one.

What do you think? Nick Gardner 08:56, 27 November 2007 (CST)

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