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1. Understanding American Political Parties

   Democratic Ideals, Political Uncertainty, and Strategic Positioning

   By Jeffrey M. Stonecash

   How do parties respond to the electorate and craft winning strategies? In the abstract parties are the vehicles to make democracy work, but it is often difficult to see the process working as well as we think it might. Indeed, voters often struggle to see parties as the valuable vehicles of...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. New Directions in American Political Parties

   Edited by Jeffrey M. Stonecash

   Series: New Directions in American Politics

   Our portraits of voters, their relationship to parties, and the behavior of elected party members have changed significantly within the last 10 to 15 years. Characterizations of dealignment and decreased importance of parties have been fairly rapidly replaced by a focus on party polarization....

   Published April 11th 2010 by Routledge