Party Politics in America

Detailed Contents 

Foreword by John H. Aldrich 

Preface 

Part 1    Parties and Party Systems 
1    What Are Political Parties? 
2    The American Two-Party System 

Part 2    The Political Party as an Organization 
3    The State and Local Party Organizations 
4    The Parties’ National Organizations 
5    Party Activists 

Part 3    The Political Party in the Electorate 
6    Party Identification 
7    Party Coalitions and Party Change 
8    Who Votes–and Why It Matters 

Part 4    Parties, Nominations, and Elections 
9    How Parties Choose Candidates 
10    Choosing the Presidential Nominees 
11    The General Election 
12    Financing the Campaigns 

Part 5    The Party in Government 
13    Parties in Congress and State Legislatures 
14    The Party in the Executive and the Courts 
15    The Semi-Responsible Parties
16    The Place of Parties in American Politics 

Party Politics on the Internet

Endnotes