On the side of the angels
Subtitle: an appreciation of parties and partisanship
By: Nancy L. Rosenblum.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780691135342
Subjects: Political parties; Political science; Political parties -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction. an appreciation of parties and partisanship; title: Glorious traditions of antipartyism and moments of appreciation; title: Glorious traditions of antipartysm : holism; title: Glorious traditions of antipartyism : fatal divisiveness; title: Moments of appreciation; title: Post-party depression; title: Progressive antipartyism; title: The anxiety of influence; title: Correcting the system : association, participation, and deliberation; title: The moral distinctiveness of "party ID"; title: Partisanship and independence : the moral distinctiveness of "party ID"; title: Centrism and extremism and an ethic of partisanship; title: Militant democracy : banning parties; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Index.