Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
Stasiology is the study of
AStatistics
BElections
CPolitical parties ✓ Correct
DMovements
Correct answer: (C) Political parties — Stasiology is the study of political parties, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Stasiology is the study of political parties, so that is the answer.
★The term was coined by Maurice Duverger in 1951.
★He introduced it in his seminal work Political Parties (1911).
★It examines how parties form, organise and develop.
★It also studies how parties can become static or self-perpetuating.
★Duverger linked party systems to electoral systems.
★So stasiology is the science of political parties.
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