stasiology
The annual conference of the w:Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party of the United Kingdom in 2011
Meaning
Noun
- The study of political party.
- The process by which a governing body remains static or self-perpetuating due to internal conflict.
Origin
- Borrowed from French stasiologie, coined in 1951 by French jurist, sociologist and politician Maurice Duverger (1917–2014) from stase + -iologie, because of the way the opposition of political parties tends to prevent governments from making dramatic changes.
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