Les élections locales 2013 en Côte d’Ivoire : des malentendus subsistent sur l’exercice de la démocratie by Christian Bouquet, Irène Kassi-Djodjo

“…In addition, the FIP (the party of former Head of State) has once more boycotted the consultations and many divisions inside the others two major parties (RDR and PDCI) have blurred their scores and gave to "independents" an electoral weight difficult to decipher. …”
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An evaluation of New Zealand political party Websites. by Matthew Conway, Dan Dorner

“…The research also found that the major parties were using their Websites more effectively than the minor and non-parliamentary parties, but the most effective Website belonged to the Green Party.…”
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Common Sense Diagrams: The US Two-Party System in Magruder’s American Government, 1917–2023 by Janne Holmén

“…From the 2010s, more critical explanations of the two-party system appeared, such as that the major parties issue legislation that hinder the formation of new parties. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST IN INDIA by S. I. Lunev

“…Another distinctive feature of India is the desire of the organizers of the protest to reject support of the major parties due to the belief that political leaders are interested more in strengthening their social base rather than in solving the concrete problems. …”
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Diasporas and Armed Conflicts: beyond Being “Third Party” by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The two case studies allow us to conclude that there were armed units in previous historical periods with a clear diaspora component: they made a significant contribution to the overall dynamics of the confrontation between major parties to the conflict. This experience helps analyze contemporary conflicts with the diaspora component, especially in the context of the gradual erosion of power resources in world politics. …”
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Pourquoi la Catalogne ne peut-elle pas s’autodéterminer ? Les raisons de l'État espagnol by Lucía Payero López

“…This article analyzes the discourse used by the so-called ‘No’ Bloc –comprised of the two majority parties in the Congress of Deputies (the People’s Party and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), as well as Citizens Party and Union Progress and Democracy– in order to respond to the challenge posed by Catalan pro-sovereign parties. …”
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