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Party Systems and Patterns of Government in Western Democracies

Jean Blondel
- 01 Jun 1968 - 
- Vol. 1, Iss: 02, pp 180-203
TLDR
There exist quatre types of systemes de partis dans les democraties occidentales, i.e., systeme de deux partis, systeme of de two partis and demi, system of multi-parti avec parti dominant, and systeme multiparti non dominant as mentioned in this paper.
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Systemes de partis et types de structures gouvernementales dans les democraties occidentalesIl existe quatre types de systemes de partis dans les democraties occidentales, le systeme de deux partis, le systeme de deux partis et demi, le systeme multi-parti avec parti dominant, et le systeme multi-parti sans parti dominant. Presque toutes les democraties occidentales ont conserve le meme type de parti tout au long de l'apresguerre. Chaque type a ses caracteristiques propres qui constituent autant de mecanismes automatiques d'equilibre. Les types de structures gouvernementales peuvent etre definies par l'intermediate des forces politiques qui se trouvent representees au gouvernement, soit conjointement, soit successivement; ils peuvent egalement etre definis en termes de stabilite. Au cours de l'apres-guerre, le systeme multi-parti avec parti dominant semble avoir donne naissance a la forme de representation la moins equitable; la stabilite gouvernementale parait dependre de la presence d'un seul, et non de deux partis importants.

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