Party Politics in America (Longman Classics in Political Science)

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  

17 Party Politics on the Internet

 

Endnotes

Index