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Elite Cadres and Party Coalitions: Representing the Public in Party Politics (Contributions in Political Science)
Elite Cadres and Party Coalitions Representing the Public in Party Politics - Contributions in Political Science Author:Denise L. Baer, David A. Bositis This book grew out of the authors' growing sense of frustration with the tenor of the debate over the health of the American political party system. Conventional party theory, they contend, had become a theoretical straitjacket providing little understanding of the transformed contemporary American party system. Baer and Bositis present a theory... more »--based on a combination of elite, interest group, and social movement theories--in an effort to redefine the terms of the debate. They argue that political action within and outside of the party system is elite and group-based and that the group concept incorporates and accounts for elite-mass interdependence. Coming at a time when many existing explanations of political party behavior are under increasing scrutiny, Elite Cadres and Party Coalitions offers a provocative new theory.« less