{"product_id":"political-parties-and-the-state-9780691000442","title":"Political Parties and the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of Martin Shefter's articles on political parties. The articles in this work address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge? What influences the character of parties? In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shefter's is a unique voice in the study of American politics. [He] offers an original and rich perspective on American political development by pointing to the ways parties and the state shaped the timing and form of political incorporation of key social groups.\"\u003cb\u003e—Margaret Weir, The Brookings Institution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceCh. 1Political Parties and States3Pt. IParty and Patronage in Europe and America19Ch. 2Patronage and Its Opponents: A Theory and Some European Cases21Ch. 3Party, Bureaucracy, and Political Change in the United States61Pt. IIEconomic Interests and Political Organization in the United States99Ch. 4Trade Unions and Political Machines: The Organization and Disorganization of the American Working Class101Ch. 5Regional Receptivity to Reform in the United States169Pt. IIIPolitical Parties and Political Control195Ch. 6Political Incorporation and Political Extrusion: Party Politics and Social Forces in Postwar New York197Ch. 7New York City's Fiscal Crisis: Countering the Politics of Mass Mobilization233Notes259Author Index293Subject Index297","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403664531799,"sku":"9780691000442","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/political-parties-and-the-state-9780691000442","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}