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Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties: Volume 1 is a foundational text originally published in 1902 by Routledge, offering the first rigorous comparative analysis of how democratic suffrage shaped political systems. Ostrogorski's landmark two-volume study examines the party systems in Britain and the United States, delivering insights that profoundly influenced later scholars including Max Weber and Robert Michels. This Social Science Classics edition presents a descriptive analysis of party organisation across both nations, introducing concepts and analytical methods that anticipated modern political science by nearly fifty years. Essential reading for students and scholars of political systems, democratic theory, and institutional history seeking to understand the foundational arguments that shaped twentieth-century political thought.

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Ostrogorski's two-volume study of party systems in Britain and the United States provides comparative analysis of democratic political organisation.

Originally published in 1902, this Routledge edition represents the first serious attempt to analyse consequences of democratic suffrage through systematic comparison.

Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties influenced major twentieth-century theorists including Max Weber and Robert Michels.

Part of the Social Science Classics series, offering foundational texts for understanding political institutions and democratic theory.

Develops analytical concepts and methods in party system analysis that anticipated approaches used in later American and British political science.

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14 August 2018
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