Parties and party systems : a framework for analysis /
Giovanni Sartori ; with a new preface by the author and an introduction by Peter Mair.
- xxiv, 342 pages : illustrations. ; 24 cm.
- ECPR classics .
- ECPR classics. .
Includes index.
In this broad-ranging volume Sartori outlines a comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems. He also offers an extensive review of the concept and rationale of the political party, and develops a sharp critique of various spatial models of party competition.