Political Parties in Western Democracies: Some Sceptical Reflections

Anthony King is Professor of Government and Chairman of the department at the University of Essex, Colchester, England. He did his undergraduate work at Oxford and was a Fellow of Magdalen College before assuming his position at Essex. He and David Butler are the co-authors of the well-known books on the 1964 and 1966 British general elections. He is currently working on an interpretive volume on the American political system.