A Narrative of Political Parties in Belize
Description
Belize’s parliamentary democracy is best exemplified by its two-party system, with the two leading political parties the People’s United Party, 1950 and the National Independence Party, 1958 and its successor the United Democratic Party, 1973, alternating their predominance in government and as the loyal opposition. It may come as a surprise to many that since the 1950s some 26 parties, many of them long-defunct and now forgotten, have sought to influence the political future of the country. In this work, Lawrence Vernon, a distinguished librarian and political historian, sets o...
ISBN(s)
9769556378, 9789769556379
