Foreword by John H. Aldrich
Preface
Part One: Parties and Party Systems
Chapter 1 What Are Political Parties?
Chapter 2 The American Two-Party System
Part Two: The Political Party as an Organization
Chapter 3 The State and Local Party Organizations
Chapter 4 The Parties’ National Organizations
Chapter 5 Party Activists
Part Three: The Political Party in the Electorate
Chapter 6 Party Identification
Chapter 7 Party Coalitions and Party Change
Chapter 8 Parties and Voter Turnout
Part Four: Parties, Nominations, and Elections
Chapter 9 How Parties Choose Candidates
Chapter 10 Choosing the Presidential Nominees
Chapter 11 The General Election
Chapter 12 Financing the Campaigns
Part Five: The Party in Government
Chapter 13 Parties in Congress and State Legislatures
Chapter 14 The Party in the Executive and the Courts
Chapter 15 The Semi-Responsible Parties
Chapter 16 The Place of Parties in American Politics
Appendix
Endnotes
Index
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