http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/cartel-parties Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 17 May 2026 01:11:37 -0400 Sun, 17 May 2026 01:11:37 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/368/cartel-parties-and-party-competition-growth-and-analysis By Alexander P. Young - Throughout the course of the second half of the 20th century, it is undeniable that the organizational structures and methods employed by political parties have changed: one hypothesized change, publicized by Katz and Mair, is the evolution of parties into so-called ‘cartel parties.’ Over the course of this essay, it is aimed that the implications of this new structure on patterns of party competition, through an analysis of historical developments in party structures and an exposition of ‘traditional’ patterns of party competition, be explored with a view to show that... Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:21 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/368/cartel-parties-and-party-competition-growth-and-analysis