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Institutions and Innovation: Voters, Parties, and Interest Groups in the Consolidation of Democracy—France and Germany, 1870–1939. By Marcus Kreuzer. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. 224p. $52.50

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2002

Alice H. Cooper
Alice H. Cooper
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University of Mississippi
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As its title indicates, this book explores the links between institutions and innovation—specifically, between electoral systems and parties' capacity to innovate. The latter, in turn, is considered a crucial determinant of democratic performance because it shapes parties' capacity in times of economic crisis to offer policy prescriptions sufficiently attractive to limit voter defection to nondemocratic alternatives.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 96 , Issue 4 , December 2002 , pp. 855 - 856
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© 2002 by the American Political Science Association

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