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No matter what model of representative democracy we subscribe to, if it includes political parties, as most models do, it is obvious that the functions and performances of parties are one of the most contentious components of the model, normatively as well as empirically. Different models require parties to function differently. But irrespective of model, whether we deal with mandate theory, accountability theory, or deliberative theory, just to mention three in-vogue models of democracy, the delineation of different party functions overflows. Specifying party functions is getting to be a growth industry of its own within political science. The literature is replete with enummerations of different party functions (Key 1964; Sjöblom 1968; Strøm and Svåsand 1997; Widfeldt 1999; Dalton and Wattenberg 2000; Petersson 2000). Nothing wrong with that. Important problems breed a multiplicity of ideas, and maybe also conflictuous ideas.
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Holmberg, S. (2002). Necessarily Unrepresentative Political Parties. In: Fuchs, D., Roller, E., Weßels, B. (eds) Bürger und Demokratie in Ost und West. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-89596-7_26
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