The Breakdown of Democratic Party Organization, 1940-1980

by Alan Ware and Alan J. Ware

Book Overview

The local democratic party organizations in America dramatically deteriorated between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s. This is the first major study of organizational decay at the local level, the level from which American parties traditionally drew their strength. The book concentrates on three areas: New York City, the East Bay in California, and Denver. Ware rejects two commonly-held views about the local party decline: that the parties in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198273339
• ISBN13: 9780198273332
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"