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Book SynopsisIn this timely book, Cedric de Leon examines the ways in which social scientists and other observers have imagined the relationship between parties and society. He introduces and critiques the full range of approaches, using enlivening comparative examples from across the globe.
Trade Review"This creative, well-organized, and well-written book is going to make important contributions to not only the analysis of parties but to the social sciences in general.
Party & Society blends in-depth coverage of the field, criticism, and original argumentation. Students and experts fortunate enough to read this book will get a fuller sense of party politics than they ever had before."
Cihan Tuðal, University of California, Berkeley
"Party & Society is a map and a brief. It offers a much-needed guide to the plethora of classical and contemporary perspectives on political parties in both sociology and political science. But it also adds up to an important argument: if sociologically minded students of parties wish to present a robust alternative to 'voter-centered approaches' in accounting for the observable complexities of political life, they would do well to take seriously the idea that parties are by turns cause and consequence of states and societies. This book should be required reading for all political sociologists."
Anthony S. Chen, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Voter-Centered Approaches
1. The Social Voter 19
2. The Partisan Voter 32
3. The Issue Voter 57
Part II: Party-Centered Approaches
4. The Oligarchical Party 75
5. The Functional Party 103
6. The Exclusive Party 124
7. Party, State, and Society 157
Notes 167
References 172
Index 184
