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Description
Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of parties within party systems. Blending theory and case studies, Parties and Party Systems builds upon the work of R. Kenneth Carty to examine how parties weather the organizational challenge of appealing to a dispersed membership while maintaining a degree of central direction. This volume will provoke theoretical reconsideration and inspire research at the organization-system nexus.
Contributor Notes
Richard Johnston is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Among the books he has co-authored is The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South, which won the APSA Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Prize in 2007 and of the VO Key Prize of the Southern Political Science Association in 2008.
Campbell Sharman is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the co-editor of Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, the States, and the Territories among other publications. His research interests focus on federalism and the effects of institutional rules, both electoral and constitutional, on the political process in parliamentary systems.
Contributors: Kyle Attanasio, Peter Aucoin, Herman Bakvis, Luciano Bardi, R. Kenneth Carty, John C. Courtney, William Cross, Fred Cutler, David M. Farrell, Reuven Y. Hazan, Graeme Hooper, Richard S. Katz, Royce Koop, Peter Mair, Séin Ó Muineacháin, Gideon Rahat, Anthony M. Sayers, David K. Stewart, Emilie van Haute, Matthew Wall, Steven B. Wolinetz, Lisa Young
