"This book argues that the mass party emerged as the product of two distinct but related 'primitive accumulations' - the dismantling of communal land tenure and

The first mass political parties appeared in the United States in the 1830's, as the majority of adult white males identified ardently with the Democratic and W

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political partie

This 1992 book explains how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences.

Argues that in the 1830s and 1840s, all three main US political parties, despite their rhetorical differences, maintained consensus about citizenship training t