Are parties an important part of American politics? Are they helpful? Are they detrimental? For long-term development in emerging democracies, political parties are extremely important. For many years these parties have been neglected by those working in developing worlds instead because of the lack of focus on civil society, and...

There are many variations in the political party systems in different democracies. The three main systems include single party system, multiparty system and two party systems. The first reason for these variations is the difference in electoral laws in the different democracies. Electoral laws affect party organization and operation. Related...