Political Parties And The State

Author : Martin Shefter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400821228

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Political Parties and the State by Martin Shefter Pdf

This book collects a number of Martin Shefter's most important articles on political parties. They address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge? What influences the character of parties--in particular, their reliance on patronage? In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack? Shefter's work exemplifies the "new institutionalism" in political science, arguing that the reliance of parties on patronage is a function not so much of mass political culture as of their relationship with public bureaucracies. The book's opening chapters analyze the circumstances conducive to the emergence of strong political parties and the changing balance between parties and bureaucracies in Europe and America. The middle chapters discuss the organization and exclusion of the American working classes by machine and reform regimes. The book concludes by examining party organizations as instruments of political control in the largest American city, New York.

Author : Alan Ware
Publisher : Cambridge, UK : Polity Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015016921234

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Citizens, Parties and the State by Alan Ware Pdf

This is a major analysis of the role of political parties in the development and promotion of democracy. Ware offers a highly original discussion of this under-examined area.

Author : Pradeep Chhibber,Ken Kollman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400826377

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The Formation of National Party Systems by Pradeep Chhibber,Ken Kollman Pdf

Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties. They demonstrate that the party systems in these four countries have been shaped by the authority granted to different levels of government. Departing from the conventional focus on social divisions or electoral rules in determining whether a party system will consist of national or regional parties, they argue instead that national party systems emerge when economic and political power resides with the national government. Regional parties thrive when authority in a nation-state rests with provincial or state governments. The success of political parties therefore depends on which level of government voters credit for policy outcomes. National political parties win votes during periods when political and economic authority rests with the national government, and lose votes to regional and provincial parties when political or economic authority gravitates to lower levels of government. This is the first book to establish a link between federalism and the formation of national or regional party systems in a comparative context. It places contemporary party politics in the four examined countries in historical and comparative perspectives, and provides a compelling account of long-term changes in these countries. For example, the authors discover a surprising level of voting for minor parties in the United States before the 1930s. This calls into question the widespread notion that the United States has always had a two-party system. In fact, only recently has the two-party system become predominant.

Author : Robert Michels
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780029212509

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Political Parties by Robert Michels Pdf

In this book Michels analyzes the tendencies that oppose the realization of democracy, and claims that these tendencies can be classified in three ways: dependence upon the nature of the individual; dependence upon the nature of the political structure; and dependence upon the nature of organization. This edition, described by Morris Janowitz as a "classic of modern social science" and by Melvin Tumin as "the beginning of a tradition", offers a landmark study in political science. Following its original publication in 1910, the study and analysis of political parties was established as a new branch of science. Political Parties continues to be a foundation work in the literature and is a necessary addition to the libraries of contemporary political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : John Clifford Green,Daniel J. Coffey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742553221

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The State of the Parties by John Clifford Green,Daniel J. Coffey Pdf

Every four years, "The State of the Parties" brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between.

Author : Brian Crozier
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015003846469

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The Minimum State by Brian Crozier Pdf

Author : Richard L. McCormick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015008942537

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Political Parties and the Modern State by Richard L. McCormick Pdf

Author : Richard Johnston
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774836104

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The Canadian Party System by Richard Johnston Pdf

The Canadian party system is a deviant case among the Anglo-American democracies. Unruly and inscrutable, it is a system that defies logic and classification – until now. In this political science tour de force, Richard Johnston makes sense of the Canadian party system. With a keen eye for history and deft use of recently developed analytic tools, he articulates a series of propositions that underpin the system. For its combination of historical breadth and data-intensive rigour, The Canadian Party System is a rare achievement. Its findings shed light on the main puzzles of the Canadian case, while contesting the received wisdom of the comparative study of parties, elections, and electoral systems elsewhere.

Author : Laurence Oliphant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Political parties
ISBN : BL:A0018602058

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On the Present State of Political Parties in America by Laurence Oliphant Pdf

Author : Gerald Leonard
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0807827444

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The Invention of Party Politics by Gerald Leonard Pdf

A reexamination of party history and a detailed exposition of party politics in Illinois argues that constitutional issues, not economic or social affiliations, were key to early party development.

Author : William Cross
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774841115

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Political Parties by William Cross Pdf

Political parties are at the centre of Canadian democracy. They choose our prime ministers, premiers, and candidates for public office; they decide which policy issues are considered in the provincial and federal legislatures; they dominate our election campaigns. As a result, a democracy that is participatory, responsive, and inclusive can only be achieved if Canadian political parties share these values and operate in a manner respecting them. In a concise and accessible manner, this book delves into the history, structure, mechanisms, and roles of Canada's political parties, and assesses the degree to which Canadians today can rely on political parties as vehicles for grassroots participation.

Author : Maurice Duverger
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Political parties
ISBN : UOM:49015002496082

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Political Parties by Maurice Duverger Pdf

Author : James L. Sundquist
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815723180

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Dynamics of the Party System by James L. Sundquist Pdf

Since the original edition of Dynamics of the Party System was published in 1973, American politics have continued on a tumultuous course. In the vacuum left by the decline of the Democratic and Republican parties, single-interest groups have risen and flourished. Protest movements on the left and the New Right at the opposite pole have challenged and divided the major parties, and the Reagan Revolution--in reversing a fifty-year trend toward governmental expansion--may turn out to have revolutionized the party system too. In this edition, as in the first, current political trends and events are placed in a historical and theoretical context. Focusing upon three major realignments of the past--those of the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1930s--Sundquist traces the processes by which basic transformations of the country's two-party system occur. From the historical case studies, he fashions a theory as to the why and how of party realignment, then applies it to current and recent developments, through the first two years of the Reagan presidency and the midterm election of 1982. The theoretical sections of the first edition are refined in this one, the historical sections are revised to take account of recent scholarship, and the chapters dealing with the postwar period are almost wholly rewritten. The conclusion of the original work is, in general, confirmed: the existing party system is likely to be strengthened as public attention is again riveted on domestic economic issues, and the headlong trend of recent decades toward political independence and party disintegration reversed, at least for a time.

Author : John S. Jenkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1332740472

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History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by John S. Jenkins Pdf

Excerpt from History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the Acknowledgement of the Independence of the United States to the Close of the Presidential Election in Eighteen Hundred Forty-Four It has been the anxious desire of the Author, to preserve the most rigid impartiality in the prepara tion of this work, and to render 'equal and exact jus tice' to all classes of his fellow citizens. If he has failed in doing this, he trusts it may be attributed, rather to his inability to overcome that prejudice which has been termed 'the besetting sin' of the par tizan, than to any other, or more censurable motive. It was long since laid down, as an unvarying max im, that 'the logic of a politician, like the anvil of the blacksmith, leans all upon the one side'; and the writer of these pages will not claim, at this day, to be entirely exempt from the failings which are incident to mortality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Douglas D. Roscoe,Shannon Jenkins
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438459516

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Local Party Organizations in the Twenty-First Century by Douglas D. Roscoe,Shannon Jenkins Pdf

Demonstrates how local political parties have retained a role of critical importance in American politics. While the media pay the most attention to the actions of the national political committees, political scientists have long emphasized the key role of local party organizations. Despite sweeping changes in the political environment, remarkably little research has sought to understand precisely how these local parties are structured, what they do, and whether they have any impact on the political system. In Local Party Organizations in the Twenty-First Century, Douglas D. Roscoe and Shannon Jenkins use data collected from more than 1,100 local parties in forty-eight states to provide the most thorough examination of the role of local political parties in the US political system, something that has been lacking in contemporary accounts of the role of parties. They show that party organizations take particular forms and engage in certain activities because political actors find these forms and activities useful for winning elections. While past research has centered primarily on the role of national and state political parties in the United States, this book demonstrates the continuing central role of local political parties in the electoral process, providing readers with a more comprehensive understanding of the US party system. At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Douglas D. Roscoe is Associate Professor of Political Science and Shannon Jenkins is Associate Professor of Political Science.