Mythbusters: Political parties and democratic decline? (Opinion)
Mythbusters: Political parties and democratic decline? (Opinion)
- April 4, 2016
- Russell Dalton, political science professor emeritus, on political party decline, courtesy of 21st Century Parties April 4, 2016
From 21st Century Parties:
Russell Dalton, a research professor at the Center for the Study of Democracy, University
of California, Irvine, [writes]: While party decline does represent a challenge for
democracy, I want to address three myths in the current discussions of party decline.
Undoubtedly, some public cynicism comes from the shortcomings of a specific party
leader or an incumbent party. But the larger lesson is that citizens in virtually
all affluent democracies share in this cynicism. What’s really happening?
For the full story, please visit http://21cparties.org/post/142247235698/mythbusters-political-parties-and-democratic.
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