Why parties? : a second look /
Aldrich, John Herbert,1947-
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political parties and democracy -- Politics and parties in America -- Why parties form -- Party formation in America, 1790-1860 -- Prologue -- Founding the first parties: institutions and social choice -- Jacksonian democracy: the mass party and collective action -- Whigs and republicans: institutions, issue agendas, and ambition -- The new political party in contemporary America -- Prologue -- Party activists and partisan cleavages -- Political parties and governance -- The critical era of the 1960s -- Conclusions -- Political parties, historical dynamics, and democratic politics.
Political parties