In this rich and broad-ranging volume, Giovanni Sartori outlines what is now recognised to be the most comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems. He also offers an extensive review of the concept and rationale of the political party, and develops a sharp critique of various spatial models of party competition. This is political science at its best – combining the intelligent use of theory with sophisticated analytic arguments, and grounding all of this on a substantial cross-national empirical base. Parties and Party Systems is one of the classics of postw

Parties and Party Systems

Combining a two volume work in one book, this edition deals with the theories of democracy which have developed during the past ten years as well as the theories which have their roots in Ancient Greece.

The Theory of Democracy Revisited

A path-breaking, highly innovative comparative study in state building by a major political scientist, Comparative Constitutional Engineering examines in detail the various forms of democratic government in their merits, failures and attendant problems. This work is highly innovative on three counts: first, it takes structures seriously; second, it perceives structures as systems of rewards and deprivations, arguing that their working is a function of incentives; third, it relies heavily on condition analysis, i.e. on the specification of the conditions under which a structural arrangement per

Comparative Constitutional Engineering

This paperback edition of the first of the twelve volumes of A Treatises of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence, serves as an introduction to the first-ever multivolume treatment of all important issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, consisting of a five-volume theoretical part and a six-volume historical part. The theoretical part covers the main topics of contemporary debate. The historical volumes trace the development of legal thought from ancient Greek times through the twentieth century. All volumes are edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro.

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

The second edition of this pathbreaking, highly innovative comparative study in state-building by a major political scientist is a fully updated examination of the problems of making democratic government work. Sartori begins by assessing electoral systems. He attacks the conventional wisdom that their influence cannot be predicted and also disputes the view that proportional representation is always best and will deliver 'consensus democracy'. He argues that the double-ballot formulas deserve more consideration for their ability to facilitate governability in adverse circumstances. His compar

Parties and Party Systems: Volume 1

This is part two of a two-volume set. "Democracy is, in part, a debate about what democracy is. With The Theory of Democracy Revisted, Sartori offers an overview of classical and contemporary issues. All students of politics will find his arguments provocative, whether or not they agree with his conclusions." – Jean Bethke Eishtain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

The Theory of Democracy Revisted - Part Two

This is part one of a two-volume set. "...[Sartori] reviews the major democratic theories of our time and canvasses astutely the salient issues among them. Sartori synthesizes a theory of his own which he proffers as a new mainstream view to his readers. His trenchant and swift-moving argument moves deftly among competing schools of thought. The book's greatest strength lies in Sartori's demonstration that prescriptive and descriptive theories (the ideal and the real) must be blended, to be valid, in an integral whole—in theory of the democratically possible. The clarity and dramatic power of 

The Theory of Democracy Revisited - Part One

Original ed. issued as Waynebook no. 6. Includes bibliographical references.

Democratic Theory

Used in the production of a wide number of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction represents a synthetic process of great interest to organic chemists of academia and industry. Nearly 40 years since the last major treatise on the topic and reflecting the growing emphasis on green technology, Advances in Friedel-Cr

Advances in Friedel-Crafts Acylation Reactions

Tower of Babel

Homo Videns

Una obra extraordinaria, que esclarece los grandes problemas políticos de nuestro tiempo y que se interroga de manera ejemplar sobre la tarea de pensar y explicar la política y lo político. Articulada en torno al buen uso de la lógica, del método y del lenguaje en la investigación sociológica contemporánea, la selección de escritos del gran politólogo italiano Giovanni Sartori contenida en este libro contribuye a enriquecer de manera fundamental los temas centrales de la política actual. Como una especie de «discurso del método», el pensamiento de Sartori sobre las herramientas lógicas y lingü

Cómo hacer ciencia política

¿Qué es y qué no es la democracia? Para definir la democracia, Sartori dialoga consigo mismo, así como con Aristóteles, Locke, Rousseau, Marx... y con el lector: reflexiona sobre la democracia, el liberalismo, la libertad, desde sus orígenes y en todas sus acepciones hasta llegar a nuestro actual uso, comprensión y aplicación de estos conceptos y valores. Analiza las relaciones entre política y economía, revolución y reforma; Estado, sociedad civil e individuo.