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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2023. Vol 45

Toward the Question of Defining the Concept of “Party System”

Author(s)
S. A. Shpagin
Abstract
The article carries out a theoretical analysis of the categories “party system” and “relevant parties” in order to clarify the boundaries of these concepts. The contradictory traditional approach to the interpretation of these categories and the limited possibility of its application for the study of new and one-party political systems are shown. The application of a wide version of the definition of the party system, which includes the interaction of parties with citizens and institutions of power, as well as the prospect of recognizing all electoral parties as relevant, is justified.
About the Authors
Shpagin Sergei Alexandrovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation, e-mail: shpagin@sibmail.com
For citation
Shpagin S.A. Toward the Question of Defining the Concept of “Party System”. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 45, pp. 9-17. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.45.9 (in Russian)
Keywords
definition, party system, relevant parties, parliamentary parties, electoral parties.
UDC
329
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.45.9
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