The State of the Parties

The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties

• Author(s): Daniel M. Shea, John Clifford Green,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Pages: 395
• ISBN_10: 0847679802
  ISBN_13: 9780847679805
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties ,

Description:... This volume provides students of political parties with up-to-date information on both the state of American party organizations and controversies over how these organizations are studied. The collection focuses on new direction in party scholarship-including debates over the vitality and relevance of the two party system, the analytical usefulness of the traditional model of American parties, and the import of organizational studies.