Putting Parties out to Pasture: The Effect of Pastoralism and Party System Insitutionalization

• In Event: Comparative Perspectives on Parties and Party Systems

Brief Overview

What explains the variation in the strength of party systems between countries? This paper proposes that pastoralist societies develop strong clans (tribes) which a substitutes for parties. I present both crossnational and subnational evidence.

Author

• Timothy A Liptrot, Georgetown University