"Most of the essays in this volume were originally presented at a joint conference of the American Enterprise Institute and the Public Affairs Conference Center of Kenyon College."
Political Parties in the 80s
This one-volume work has been fashioned both to update Robert J. Alexander's prize-winning two-volume set published in 1982, Political Parties of the Americas, and to serve as a new analysis of political development and political parties in ...
Many political observers express doubts about the ability of political parties to adapt to these changes and to survive, but Paul Herrnson instead suggests their survival and resurgence in this balanced assessment of party activities in ...
This book presents a detailed and lively discussion of the past history, present significance, and future implications of coalitions in the American two-party political system.
" These reflections by David S. Broder in the introduction to Party Coalitions in the 1980s are echoed in the essays of the twenty-one scholars, party leaders, and candidates in the volume.This book presents a detailed and lively discussion ...
The Electoral and Democratic Process in the Eighties: Report of the Panel on the Electoral and Democratic Process
Investigates the problems common to democracies seeking to regulate uses of money in election campaigns and, to a lesser extent, considers the role of public funding.
The story includes the first MMP coalition government, and working with new minority parties, as well as National's programme of Treaty settlements.
Every presidential election since 1964 has been won by the candidate backed by the most united party; yet as party unity has become more important to voting decisions, it has...
State, Democracy, and the Military: Turkey in the 1980s