TY - BOOK AU - Dalton,Russell J. AU - Farrell,David M. AU - McAllister,Ian TI - Political parties and democratic linkage: how parties organize democracy T2 - CSES SN - 9780199599356 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Political parties KW - Democracy KW - Representative government and representation KW - Political participation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Parties and representative government -- Parties and election campaigns -- Parties and electoral institutions -- Party mobilization and campaign participation -- Electoral Choice -- Citizens and their policy preferences -- Party images and party linkage -- Voter choice and partisan representation -- Parties in government -- Government formation and democratic representation -- Party policies and policy outputs -- Party evolution N2 - This volume examines how political parties ensure the functioning of the democratic process in contemporary societies. Based on unprecedented cross-national data, the authors find that the process of party government is still alive and well in most contemporary democracies ER -