First published 1999
by Routledge
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Editorial material and selection © 1999 Kurt Richard Luther and
Kris Deschouwer

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Party elites in divided societies: political parties in
consociational democracy/edited by Kurt Richard Luther, and Kris
Deschouwer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-20127-6 (hb)
1. Political parties 2. Political leadership. 3. Democracy.
4. Pluralism (Social sciences). 5. Comparative government.
I. Luther, Kurt Richard, 1956- . II. Deschouwer, Kris.
JF2051.P294 1999 98-43802
324.2-dc21 CIP
AC

ISBN 0-415-20127-6

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