Political Parties and Democracy
Thursday, September 3, 8:00 am to 9:30 am
2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA | Register here
In-Person | Full Paper Panel
Participants:
- (Chair) Amel F. Ahmed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- (Discussant) Julia Rezazadeh Azari, Marquette University
- (Discussant) Amel F. Ahmed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Session Description:
Political parties are central to the functioning of a healthy democracy, but a healthy democracy does not simply follow from thriving political parties. These papers examine the limits, conditions and nature of the relationship between party competition and the health of democracy.
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that is a great theme, really political parties are the drivers of the democratic system and it cant flourish with democratic and true political parties. can i join this talk online? as i am out of USA,