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List of Figures | p. xi |
List of Tables | p. xii |
Preface | p. xiv |
Acknowledgments | p. xviii |
Reader's Note | p. xix |
The Case for Third Party Representation | p. 1 |
Democrats, Republicans, and Representation | p. 6 |
Checking the Arguments Made in Support of a Two-Party Dominant Party System | p. 10 |
Conclusion | p. 16 |
The Effect of Election Laws on Third Party Failure | p. 17 |
Duverger's Law and Third Party Failure | p. 17 |
Other Election Rules and Third Party Failure | p. 19 |
The Research Design | p. 22 |
Results | p. 29 |
Conclusion | p. 32 |
Appendix: Model Specification | p. 34 |
More of the Truth: Ballot Access Reform in Maryland and Florida | p. 35 |
Ballot Access in Florida | p. 36 |
Ballot Access in Maryland | p. 38 |
The Research Design | p. 39 |
Results | p. 42 |
Conclusion | p. 47 |
Third Parties and Landmark Policy Productivity | p. 49 |
Why Third Party Representation Might Prompt Legislative Productivity | p. 50 |
The Research Design | p. 55 |
The Case Studies | p. 61 |
Discussion | p. 72 |
Conclusion | p. 77 |
Appendix: Source Codebook-Landmark Legislation Project | p. 78 |
Third Parties and Civic Engagement | p. 80 |
More Preliminary Tests | p. 82 |
The Research Design | p. 87 |
Results | p. 91 |
Conclusion | p. 92 |
Appendix: Model Specifications | p. 93 |
How to Make Third Parties Viable Once More? | p. 94 |
Changes that would Prompt More Viable Third Political Parties | p. 95 |
Conclusion | p. 103 |
Notes | p. 105 |
References | p. 121 |
Index | p. 130 |
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