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Why do some democracies succeed while others fail? In seeking an answer to this classic problem, G. Bingham Powell, Jr. examines the record of voter participation, government stability, and violence in 29 democracies during the 1960s and 1970s. The core of the book and its most distinguishing feature is the treatment of the role of political parties in mobilizing citizens and containing violence.Powell, G. Bingham, Jr. is the author of 'Contemporary Democracies ' with ISBN 9780674166875 and ISBN 0674166876.
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