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Tables of Contents for The State of the Parties
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
4
Preface
xiii
 
Part 1 The Party System
3
66
1 The State of the Parties at Century's End
3
7
John C. Green
Daniel M. Shea
2 The Future of the American Two-Party System after 1996
10
18
A. James Reichley
3 The Changing American Party Coalitions
28
22
Paul Allen Beck
4 "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly": The Judicial Shaping of Party Activities
50
19
David K. Ryden
Part 2 Major Party Activities
69
102
5 Party Networks: National-State Integration, Allied Groups, and Issue Activists
69
17
John F. Bibby
6 Party Issue Advocacy in Congressional Election Campaigns
86
19
Paul S. Herrnson
Diana Dwyre
7 Issue Networks and Party Elites in 1996
105
15
John C. Green
John S. Jackson
Nancy L. Clayton
8 The New Party Machine: Information Technology in State Political Parties
120
15
Noah J. Goodhart
9 Local Parties in the 1990s: Spokes in a Candidate-Centered Wheel
135
19
John Frendreis
Alan R. Gitelson
10 Do the Grassroots Matter? The Coordinated Campaign in a Battleground State
154
17
Melanie J. Blumberg
William C. Binning
John C. Green
Part Three Minor Parties
171
80
11 Toward a Responsible Three-Party System: Plan or Obituary?
171
19
Theodore J. Lowi
12 The Activist Base of the Reform Party in 1996: Problems and Prospects
190
22
Walter J. Stone
Ronald B. Rapoport
Patricia A. Jaramillo
Lori M. Weber
13 Beyond a Third Party: The Other Minor Parties in the 1996 Elections
212
17
John C. Berg
14 Strategically Unambitious: Minor Party and Independent Candidates in the 1996 Congressional Elections
229
22
Christian Collet
Martin P. Wattenberg
Part 4 Party Values and Programs
251
104
15 Parliamentary Government in the United States?
251
20
Gerald M. Pomper
16 Moderate Party Factions in the U.S. House of Representatives
271
15
Robin Kolodny
17 The Meaning of the Legislative Party
286
20
Samuel C. Patterson
Roger M. Scully
18 The 1996 State Legislative Elections: The Fate of Responsible Parties in America
306
14
Thomas H. Little
19 "You Don't Know Me, but Here I Am": Congressional Candidates and Party Strength
320
17
Robert G. Boatright
20 Party Images and Candidate-Centered Campaigns in 1996: What's Money Got to Do with It?
337
18
John J. Coleman
References
355
24
Index
379
12
About the Contributors
391