Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on political party action in election years and in-between. The fourth edition of this essential party primer includes: -The first report on the midterm elections of 2002 -A whole new part on national party finances -Twelve new chapters covering topics ranging from party web sites, to political consultants, to state-level party activity -Thoroughly revised anchor chapters including a recast argument, by Theodore J. Lowi, for a more responsible three party system The growing sophistication of party politics is the theme of this new edition, a theme sure to be played out in the elections of 2004.
Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on political party action in election years and in-between. The growing sophistication of party politics is the theme of this new edition, a theme sure to be played out in the elections of 2004.
The state of the parties; the future of the American two-party system,
A. James Reichley; the changing American party coalitions, 1952-2000, Paul A.
Beck; the state of party elites - national convention delegates, 1992-2000,
John Jackson, Nathan Bigelow and John C. Green; out of the shadows but still
in the dark? the Supreme court, political parties and the constitutional
electoral process, David Ryden; national party finances 2000; the parties
take the lead - political parties and the financing of the 2000 presidential
election, Anthony Corrado, Sarah Barclay and Heitor Gouvea; the committee
shuffle - major party spending in congressional elections, Robin Kolodny and
Diane Dwyre; state parties and soft money, Ray la Raja; state parties -
independent partners in the money relationship, Sarah M. Morehouse and
Malcolm E. Jewell arty services; the battle for the statehouse, Peter Francia
and Paul Herrnson; casting a weak net - political party websites, Rick D.
Farmer and Rich Fender; no mo(mentum) in Ohio - local parties and the 2000
campaign, Melanie Blumberg, William Binning and John C. Green; the symbiotic
relationship between political parties and political consultants, David Dulio
and James A. Thurber; party in government after 2000; party dilemmas in U.S.
house lections, Jeffrey Stonecash; the unprecedented senate - political
parties in the senate after 2000, Larry Schwab; assessing party strength in
the House of Representatives, R. Lawrence Butler; party responsibility;
parliamentary government in the United States, Gerald M. Pomper,
Schattsneider's dismay - strong parties and alienated voters, Daniel M. Shea;
responsible, functional or both - American political parties and the APSA
report after 50 years, John Coleman; minor parties in 2000; wrecker or
builder? the effect of Ralph Nader's 2000 campaign on the U.S. Greens, John
C. Berg; Ross Perot is alive and well and living in the Republican party -
major party co-optation of the Reform party, Ronald Rappaport and Walter
Stone; toward a more responsible three-party system, Theodore J. Lowi.
