Party Politics in America

Foreword by John Aldrich. I. PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS. 1. In Search of the Political Parties. 2. The American Two-Party System. II. THE POLITICAL PARTY AS AN ORGANIZATION. 3. The State and Local Party Organizations. 4. The Parties' National Organizations. 5. The Political Party of the Activists. III. THE POLITICAL PARTY IN THE ELECTORATE. 6. Party Identification. 7. Party Support and Party Realignments. 8. Who Votes - and Why It Matters. IV. PARTIES, NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS. 9. How Parties Choose Candidates. 10. Choosing the Presidential Nominees. 11. The General Election. 12. Financing the Campaigns. V. THE PARTY IN GOVERNMENT. 13. Parties in Congress and State Legislatures. 14. The Party in the Executive Branch and the Courts. 15. The Semi-Responsible Parties. 16. The Place of Parties in American Politics.Beck, Paul Allen is the author of 'Party Politics in America', published 2002 under ISBN 9780321095435 and ISBN 032109543X.