Handbook of Party Politics by Richard S Katz
'This thoughtful and wide-ranging review of parties and party research contains contributions from many of the foremost party scholars and is a must for all library shelves'- Richard Luther, Keele UniversityPolitical parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. The Handbook of Party Politics is designed to provide an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research. It give students and researchers a concise road map' to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research, identifying the theories, approaches and topics that define the current cutting edge' of the field.James MacGregor Burns is Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and is currently on the faculty at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, he has published widely in the area of American government and politics and is the founder of Political Scientists for a Progressive Democratic Party.
William Crotty is professor of political science at Northwestern University. He is the author of a number of books on political parties and elections, including The Party Game, Party Reform, Political Reform and the American Experiment, and Decision for the Democrats, and editor and co-editor of several other works including Political Parties in Local Areas, Political Participation and American Democracy, and the four-volume Political Science: Looking to the Future. He has served as president of the Midwest Political Science Association, the Policy Studies Organization, and the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association from which he received the Samuel J. Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991. He is presently co-chair of Political Scientists for a Progressive Democratic Party.
Lois Lovelace Duke is associate professor of political science at Clemson University and co-chair of Political Scientists for a Progressive Democratic Party. She is author of many pieces on media and politics and on women and politics, including the forthcoming Women and Politics: Have the Outsiders Become Insiders?
Lawrence D. Longley, professor of government at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, is the author of more than seventy articles, papers, and books on American politics and political institutions, including Bicameral Politics (on Congress), The People's President (on the American presidency), and his forthcoming Changing the System (on U.S. and British electoral reform). A long-time grassroots Democratic party activist in Wisconsin, he served five terms as a county political party chairman and has been elected to the State Party Administrative (Central) Committee since 1971. Currently a member of the Democratic National Committee, Professor Longley will be an automatic, unpledged, and determinedly uncommitted delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780761943143 |
| ISBN 10 | 0761943145 |
| Title | Handbook of Party Politics |
| Author | Richard S Katz |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2006-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
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