The State of the Parties

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  The State of the Parties 2018 (Eight Edition)

  John C. Green, Daniel J. Coffey, and David B. Cohen

  The State of the Parties 2018 brings together leading scholars of parties, elections, and interest groups to provide an indispensable overview of American political parties today. The 2016 presidential election was extraordinary, especially the unexpected nomination and election of Donald Trump to the White House. What role did political parties play in these events? How did the party organizations fare? What are the implications for the future? Scholars and practitioners from throughout the United States explore the current state of American party organizations, constituencies and resources at the national, state and local level.

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  The State of the Parties (Seventh Edition)

  John C. Green, Daniel J. Coffey, and David B. Cohen

  Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and political elites, tea party politics, super PACS, and partisan resources and partisan activities, the contributors survey the American political landscape. They pay special attention to polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America's political parties, the effects of new media and campaign finance laws on national and local electoral results, the Tea Party's rise and, as always, the implications of all these factors on future policymaking and electoral prospects. The State of the Parties 7th edition offers an indispensable guide to American politics for scholars, students, and practitioners.

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  The State of the Parties (Sixth Edition)

  John C. Green and Daniel J. Coffey

  Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. With the dual themes of continuity and change characterizing the new edition, this essential party primer includes: three new chapters on party roles in the 2008 election, a section on the impact of party resources for the campaign, extensive coverage of party mobilization efforts via the Internet and local activity, and new chapters covering topics ranging from Republicans' fall from grace to party governance under Nancy Pelosi to President Obama's role in party politics.

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  The State of the Parties (Fifth Edition)

  John C. Green and Daniel J. Coffey

  Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on American party organizations and activities. The fifth edition considers the impact of the 2004 election and offers insight into the “state of the parties” now that the twenty-first century is under way. The research effort that produced this book is the product of more than a decade of scholarship. Our goal has been to bring together party scholars from around the nation to discuss the state of U.S. party politics and new avenues of research. The contributor team for this edition includes a mix of veteran and emerging scholars.

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  The State of the Parties (Fourth Edition)

  John C. Green and Rick Farmer

  Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on political party action in election years and in-between. The fourth edition of this essential party primer includes: The first report on the midterm elections of 2002, a whole new part on national party finances, twelve new chapters covering topics ranging from party web sites, to political consultants, to state-level party activity, and thoroughly revised anchor chapters including a recast argument, by Theodore J. Lowi, for a more responsible three party system. The growing sophistication of party politics is the theme of this new edition, a theme sure to be played out in the elections of 2004.

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  The State of the Parties (Third Edition)

  John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea

  The third edition of this best-selling collection includes over a dozen new essays and several revised chapters from earlier editions. Current coverage of national, state, and local parties includes chapters on hot topics like technology, money, and campaigns. Major party activities are presented in the context of presidential elections, legislatures, and in the courts. Minor parties - especially the Reform Party - are covered here more comprehensively than anywhere else. Thorough, original, and challenging “anchor” pieces by leading scholars serve to ground the book in the key scholarship on parties even as they launch into new explorations of party evolution. The parties in flux is the theme of this new edition, a theme which is sure to be played out in the elections of 1998 and 2000.

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  The State of the Parties, Second Edition

  John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea

  The first edition of this book originated from research coordinated at the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics in 1993. While it seems odd that a second edition would follow just two years later, we felt compelled to move in this direction for the following reasons: The 1994 midterm election had a dramatic impact on party politics, several of the conditions touched upon in the first volume have continued in the last two years, and the debate over the precise role of parties in American politics has taken on a new quality. The second edition reflects the impact of the 1994 elections.

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  The State of the Parties, First Edition

  Daniel M. Shea and John C. Green

  This volume originated in a conference entitled "State of the Parties: 1992 and Beyond" held at The University of Akron September 23-24, 1993.

  This volume provides students of political parties with up-to-date information on both the state of American party organizations and controversies over how these organizations are studied. The collection focuses on new direction in party scholarship-including debates over the vitality and relevance of the two party system, the analytical usefulness of the traditional model of American parties, and the import of organizational studies.