The Parties Respond: Changes In The American Party System - Softcover

"The Parties Respond" is a survey of the most current and significant issues affecting party politics and scholarship today. Maisel has drawn together the leading party scholars and experienced participants to write 15 original essays dedicated to making the best and newest research accessible to students at all levels. The mix of perspectives and approaches ensures a stimulating and provocative analysis of contemporay American parties.

L. Sandy Maisel is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government and director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College. Former president of the New England Political Science Association and former chair of the Legislative Studies and the Political Organizations and Parties sections of the American Political Science Association, Maisel is the general editor of Political Parties and Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia and of Jews in American Politics; he is editor of The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigning, now in its fourth edition with Westview, co-author of Parties and Elections in America, also now in its fourth edition, and author or co-author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters.