THE ТYPOLOGICAL SPECIFICITIES OF PARTY SYSTEMS

Authors

  • О. А. Сутула

Keywords:

party system classification; the effective number of parties; measurement of party system; quasi-party system; neo-patrimonial political process

Abstract

The article is devoted to historical observation of the main theoretical and methodological foundations of the party systems approach. The evolution of the criteria for party systems' classification is analyzed. It was found that the most commonly used criterion for the classification of party systems is the number of competing parties, measured by indicator of the effective number of parties. It's argued that modern Ukrainian party system is to classify not by an ideological principles, but by its functional features, which characterizes it as an quasi-party system.

Published

2018-06-18

Issue

Section

DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

How to Cite

THE ТYPOLOGICAL SPECIFICITIES OF PARTY SYSTEMS. (2018). The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Issues of Political Science", 32, 51-57. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/politology/article/view/10916

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