The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics.

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Spitzer blends research on the impact of the New York-based Right to Life Party (RTLP) with questions of representation. He includes an analysis of four 18th-century third parties: Liberal, Free Soil, Greenback, and Prohibition. He develops a dynamic model of party development, which recognizes the nexus between the mobilization of discontent outsiders and the structure of political opportunities in election laws.... Based on the New York experience, Spitzer advocates a nationwide multiparty system to compel the major parties to address new issues and promote party renewal.... A valuable addition to college libraries.-Choice
This is a very fine little book. Well written, carefully researched, original in its treatment of third party problems and significant in its subject-matter. The focus is on the anti-abortion movement and, more specifically, the Right to Life Party in New York State.... This is a significant piece of research and an analytically insightful book. The recent literature on third parties is limited. This book should take its place among the best.-Political Science Quarterly
"This is a very fine little book. Well written, carefully researched, original in its treatment of third party problems and significant in its subject-matter. The focus is on the anti-abortion movement and, more specifically, the Right to Life Party in New York State.... This is a significant piece of research and an analytically insightful book. The recent literature on third parties is limited. This book should take its place among the best."-Political Science Quarterly
"Spitzer blends research on the impact of the New York-based Right to Life Party (RTLP) with questions of representation. He includes an analysis of four 18th-century third parties: Liberal, Free Soil, Greenback, and Prohibition. He develops a dynamic model of party development, which recognizes the nexus between the mobilization of discontent outsiders and the structure of political opportunities in election laws.... Based on the New York experience, Spitzer advocates a nationwide multiparty system to compel the major parties to address new issues and promote party renewal.... A valuable addition to college libraries."-Choice

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ROBERT J. SPITZER is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York, Cortland.