The State of the Parties The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties

by Shea, Daniel M.; Green, John C.; Appleton, Andrew M.; Berkowitz, Laura; Biersack, Robert; Borrelli, Stephen A.; Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M.; Burrell, Barbara C.; Coleman, John J.; Corrado, Anthony; Dwyre, Diana; Fine, Terri Susan; Flemming, Gregory; Frend

• ISBN13: 9780847679799
• ISBN10: 0847679799
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-11-08
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Table of Contents

Preface
Paths and Crossroads: The State of the Parties and Party Scholarship	p. 1
The Future of the American Two-Party System	p. 13
Who Speaks for the Political Parties? Or Martin Van Buren, Where Are You When We Need You?	p. 27
Toward a Responsible Three-Party System	p. 45
The Politics of Cohesion: The Role of the National Party Committees in the 1992 Election	p. 61
Party Strategy and Campaign Activities in the 1992 Congressional Elections	p. 83
Hard Facts and Soft Money: State Party Finance in the 1992 Federal Elections	p. 107
Local Political Parties and Legislative Races in 1992	p. 133
Sources of Activism in the 1992 Perot Campaign	p. 147
Women's Political Leadership and the State of the Parties	p. 165
Party Strategy and Political Reality: The Distribution of Congressional Campaign Committee Resources	p. 175
Party Resources Allocation: The Timing of Contributions and Coordinated Expenditures	p. 191
Explaining Party Leadership Activity among House Freshman: The Class of 1980-1988	p. 201
State Legislative Campaign Committees: New Partners or New Competitors?	p. 219
A Tale of Two Parties: National Committee Policy Initiatives	p. 237
The Democratic Leadership Council: Institutionalizing Party Faction	p. 249
Proclaiming Party Identity: A View from the Platforms	p. 265
Party Culture and Party Behavior	p. 275
Responsible Political Parties and the Decentering of American Metropolitan Areas	p. 289
The Resurgence of Party Organization? A Dissent from the New Orthodoxy	p. 311
Confusions in the Analysis of American Political Parties	p. 329
Voters, Government Officials, and Party Organizations: Connections and Distinctions	p. 339
Understanding Organizational Innovations and Party-Building	p. 349
References	p. 365
Index	p. 383
About the Contributors	p. 393
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