Prof. Jeffrey D. Sadow or by appt. American politics are unthinkable save in terms of parties, a rather famous political scientist whose books we still read once said.
Interest groups are kind of interesting, too.
So this course will study these important intermediaries in our political system. That's why the course has the name that it does. Readings Of the two, parties have a longer and more venerable history, so more time will be devoted to them. Consequently, more of the assigned texts deal with parties. Party Politics in America , 7th ed.