Parties and Party Systems -- In Search of the Political Parties -- Toward A Tripartite Definition of Parties -- The Party As A Set of Activities -- The Indirect Consequences of Party Activity -- The Special Characteristics of Political Parties -- The Evolution of American Parties -- The Party in Its Environment -- The American Two-Party System -- The National Party System -- The Fifty American Party Systems -- The Causes and Conditions of Two-Partyism -- Deviations From Two-Partyism -- Whither the American Two-Party System? -- The Political Party as an Organization -- The State and Local Party Organizations -- The Party Organizations in State Law -- Party Machines, Then and Now -- The Revitalization of Local Party Organizations -- State Party Organization -- Party Organization in Perspective: Trends and Changes -- National Organizations: A New Presence at the Summit -- The National Committees and National Officers -- The Supporting Cast of National Groups -- Two Paths to Power -- Power and Authority in the National Party -- The Limits of Party Organization -- The Political Party of the Activists -- Incentives for Political Activity -- The Processes of Recruitment -- The Recruits: Amateurs and Professionals -- Vitality of the Party Organization -- Power and Discipline in the Party Organization -- The Political Party in the Electorate -- The Loyal Electorates -- Party Realignments and the American Party Systems -- How People Acquire Party Loyalties -- The Social Bases of Party Identification.
The Issue and Ideological Bases of Party Identification -- A Sixth Party System? -- The Party within the Voter -- The Stability of Party Identifications -- Party Identification As A Filter for Political Views -- Party Identification and Voting -- Party Identification and Party Perceptions -- Partisanship and Perot -- The Myth of the Independent -- The Loyal Electorates and Changing Party Politics -- The Active Electorate -- The Low Turnout in American Elections -- Changing Legal Definitions of the Electorate -- Legal-Institutional Barriers To Voting -- The Special Case of Voting Rights for American Blacks -- Political Influences on Turnout -- Turnout: The Personal Equation -- The Puzzle of Declining Voter Turnout -- Consequences for the Political Parties -- The Broader Issues -- The Political Parties in the Electoral Process -- The Naming of the Party Candidates -- How the Nomination Process Evolved -- The Present Mix of Primary and Convention -- Varieties of the Direct Primary -- Primaries: Rules of the Game -- The Threat of the Direct Primary -- The Party Organization Fights Back -- Candidates and Voters in the Primaries -- The Direct Primary in Retrospect -- Choosing the Presidential Nominees -- First Steps Toward the Nominations -- The Politics of Delegate Selection -- Citizen Participation and Choice in Presidential Nominations -- Primary Versus Party Selection -- The Final Act: The National Party Conventions -- The Delegates -- Conventions in the New Nominating Process -- The Case for Change.
Parties and the Campaign for Election -- The Electoral Institutions -- Political Consequences of Electoral Law -- Campaign Strategy -- Campaigning in the New Millennium -- The New Campaigning for the Presidency -- Do Campaigns Make A Difference? -- The Party Organization's Role in Modern Campaigning -- Financing the Campaigns -- How Big Has the Money Become? -- Who Spends the Campaign Money? -- What Is the Impact of Campaign Spending? -- Sources of Funds in Federal Campaigns -- Sources of Funds at the State and Local Level -- Reform of the Campaign Finance Rules -- Money, Parties, and Power in American Politics -- Campaign Finance: A Reflection of the American Way -- The Party in Government -- Party and Partisans in the Legislature -- Party Organization and Party Power in Legislatures -- Party Impact and Influence -- Party Cohesion in Legislative Voting -- Legislative Parties and Party Government -- The Party in the Executive and Judiciary -- The Executive As a Party Leader -- Party Leadership and Legislative Relations -- Party Power and Administrative Policy -- The Shadow of Party in the Judiciary -- The Party Within the Executive and the Judge -- The Quest for Party Government -- The Debate Over Responsible Party Government -- Ideological Parties in the United States? -- Ideology in the American Electorate -- Party Responsibility American-Style -- Barriers To Responsible Parties: Divided Government -- The Continuing Search for Responsible Party Government -- The Place of Parties in American Politics -- Parties and Their Environment.
Party Decay in the 1960s and 1970s -- Party Renewal -- The Future of Party Politics in America -- Conclusion: The Party Dilemma -- Party Politics on the Internet.
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