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Well-reputed political scientists residing and teaching in ten countries, five in Asia and five in Europe, comparatively examine the place of political parties in democracy, and provide an empirically rigorous, up-to-date, comprehensive synthesis of the organization of political parties and their links with citizens in a democracy.

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Introduction; Jean Blondel and Takashi Inoguchi 1. Britain; Jean Blondel 2. France; Jean Blondel and J. L. Thiebault 3. Germany; Martin Elff 4. Italy; Jean Blondel and N. Conti 5. The Netherlands; Rudy B. Andeweg 6. Japan; Takashi Inoguchi 7. South Korea; Cheol Hee Park 8. Thailand; Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee 9. Indonesia; Sunny Tanuwidjaja 10. Philippines; Julio C. Teehankee 11. Toward the Elaboration of a General Theory of Parties: The Cases of Western Europe and of East and Southeast Asia; Takashi Inoguchi and Jean Blondel

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J. L. Thiebault, Institut D´etudes Politiques De Lille, France Martin Elff, University Of Essex, UK Nicolò Conti, The Unitelma Sapienza University Of Rome, Italy Rudy B. Andeweg, Leiden University, The Netherlands Cheol Hee Park, Seoul National University, Korea Siripan Nogusan Sawasdee, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Sunny Tanuwidjaja, Centre For Strategic And International Studies, Jakarta Julio C. Teehankee, De La Salle University, Philippines

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