00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000003496 20221108050253 0010-0520003496 221108################|##########|#eng## 0-312-24164-X eng 324.2 324.2 ELD p Eldersveld, Samuel J Hanes Walton Political Parties In American Society / Samuel J. Eldersveld and Hanes Walton 2nd Ed. Boston : Bedford/ST.Martin's, 2000 xxi, 426 p. : : illus. ; 24 cm Indeks : p. 413 - 426 In this comprehensive introduction to political parties, two leading scholars examine how the party system works and explain why it is important, giving students a rich understanding of the role of parties in the American political systems. Arguing that the party system is crucial to the functioning of a democracy, the authors show how its flexibility has allowed it to adapt to changes in American society and ensured its continuing survival and vitality. The first undergraduate text to present a complete, up-to-date look at the importance of race and ethnicity in political parties, the book also features extensive coverage of third parties, campaign finance, new technology, and divided government. This study of American political parties is a radical revision of the 1982 book. It is the result of a reexamination of the working of our system, which led to a new description of how that system has changed, as well as how and why it has endured. Political Parties American Party 11209/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11210/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11209/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11210/MKRI-P/XII-2008