Byron E. Shafer (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Regina L. Wagner (University of Alabama)
A long-standing debate in American politics is about the proper structure for political parties and the relative power that should be afforded to party professionals versus issue activists. In this book, Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner draw systematically on new data and indexes to evaluate the extent to which party structure changed from the 1950s on, and what the consequences have been for policy responsiveness, democratic representation, and party alignment across different issue domains. They argue that the reputed triumph of volunteer parties since the 1970s has been less...
A long-standing debate in American politics is about the proper structure for political parties and the relative power that should be afforded to part...
