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. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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.
