Routledge Political Parties in Western Democracies

Presents a brilliant, persuasive case that American political parties, so often dismissed as immature or ineffective compared with their European counterparts, are in fact old and durable political organizations, seriving well the needs of a pluralistic society. What chiefly distinguishes this work is the inclusion of considerable material on American partics in a comparative context to the analysis of British, Scandinavian, European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand political parties. Review -This volume should rapidly become a classic work on comparative parties.- --Choice -The book will almost certainly become a standard element of the literature on political parties. . . . It is certainly a book all of us should own and read.- --Douglas W. Rae, The American Political Science Review "This volume should rapidly become a classic work on comparative parties." --Choice "The book will almost certainly become a standard element of the literature on political parties. . . . It is certainly a book all of us should own and read." --Douglas W. Rae, The American Political Science Review "This volume should rapidly become a classic work on comparative parties." --Choice "The book will almost certainly become a standard element of the literature on political parties. . . . It is certainly a book all of us should own and read." --Douglas W. Rae, The American Political Science Review About the Author Fass, Simon M. | Epstein, Leon D.