Party Politics in America

Long regarded as the "gold standard" of political parties texts, this new, nineteenth edition of Party Politics in America brings its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of party politics.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
Foreword by John H. Aldrich
PART I PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS
1. What Are Political Parties?
2. The American Two-Party System
PART II THE POLITICAL PARTY AS AN ORGANIZATION
3. The State and Local Party Organizations
4. The Parties' National Organizations
5. Party Activists
PART III THE POLITICAL PARTY IN THE ELECTORATE
6. Party Identification
7. Party Coalitions and Polarization
8. Parties and Voter Turnout
PART IV PARTIES, NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
9. How Parties Choose Candidates
10. Choosing the Presidential Nominees
11. The General Election
12. Financing the Campaigns
PART V THE PARTY IN GOVERNMENT
13. Parties in Congress and State Legislatures
14. The Party in the Executive and the Courts
15. The Semi-Responsible Parties
16. The Place of Parties in American Politics

About the author

Marjorie Randon Hershey is Professor of Political Science Emerita at Indiana University, USA.
Barry C. Burden is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Burden Barry C., Marjorie Randon Burden Hershey, Hershey Marjorie Randon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032354248
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3235424-8
• No. of pages: 412
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage