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To Facilitate Collective Action in the Electoral Process |
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To Resolve Collective Choice in the Policy-Making Process |
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To Deal with the Problem of Ambition |
What Functions Do Parties Perform? |
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Recruiting Candidates |
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Nominations |
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Getting Out the Vote |
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Facilitating Mass Electoral Choice |
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Influencing National Government |
Parties and the Electorate |
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Group Affiliations |
Party Systems |
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The First Party System: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans |
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The Second Party System: Democrats and Whigs |
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The Third Party System: Republicans and Democrats, 1860-96 |
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The Fourth Party System, 1896-1932 |
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The Fifth Party System: The New Deal Coalition, 1932-68 |
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The Sixth Party System? |
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American Third Parties |
How Strong Are Political Parties Today? |
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High-Tech Politics and the Rise of Candidate Centered and Capital-Intensive Politics |
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Labor-Intensive to Capital-Intensive Politics |
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Contemporary Party Organizations |
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The Contemporary Party as Service Provider to Candidates |
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Parties and Democracy |
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