Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience

by Martin Shefter

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691000441
• ISBN13: 9780691000442
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"