Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience
By (Author) Martin Shefter
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
29th March 1994
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
320.973
Physical Properties
Paperback
316
Width 197mm, Height 254mm
454g
Description
This book collects a number of Martin Shefter's most important articles on political parties.
Reviews
"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."Margaret Weir, The Brookings Institution
Author Bio
Martin Shefter is Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is author of Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City (Columbia), co-author, with Benjamin Ginsberg, of Politics by Other Means: The Declining Importance of Elections in America (Basic Books), and editor of Capital of the American Century: The National and International Influence of New York City (Russell Sage).
