Central American Political Parties
A Functional Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4235545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Anderson (0000-0002-5144-3827, University of Wisconsin), Charles W Anderson (0000-0001-7392-3840, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-139 |
| Publication date | 1962-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296201500109 |
| OpenAlex | W2068104041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
N MODERN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES, political parties play a focal role in the mobilization of political power. The legitimacy of government by consent is fundamental to the political ideology of these nations, and the party, whose function is to mobilize and aggregate consent, has arisen as a social institution demanded by this ideology. Drawing sustenance from a secular system of rewards and deprivations, parties become the most effective instrument for using the established means of producing legitimate consent, the free and competitive election, to structure the power relations within the political system. The efforts of other social institutions with political intent must, in modern democracy, at one point or another, take account of the party system in achieving their aims. However, in the majority of the political systems presently existing in the world, party does not play such a central role in the political process. Rather, parties exist as an alternative to other means of mobilizing political power. The conditions under which this alternative is effective within political systems which have historically utilized other techniques of mobilizing power is by no means clear. The particular function of political parties within such political systems is also uncertain
Democracy · Ideology · Institution · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political communication · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Power (physics) · Scrutiny · Sociology · Sustenance · Law · Political Dynamics in Latin America · Political Theory and Democracy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |