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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1016 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Dominant-party system · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Greene argues that dominant parties persist by turning public resources into patronage that biases electoral competition in their favour, largely without electoral fraud or mass repression, and lose when the political economy of dominance erodes, as in Mexico.”

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Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis

Uncommon Democracies: The One-Party Dominant Regimes

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