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Parties, politics, and public policy in America
Parties politics and public policy in America Author:William J Keefe A comprehensive survey of U.S. political parties: their form, their function, and their present state of health. In this latest edition, Keefe provides a clear understanding of how and why present-day parties function as they do. He gives extensive coverage to the parties' role in the electoral process including the primaries, candidate finance,... more » and voting behavior. Keefe also evaluates the changing nature of party coalitions, party ideologies, interest groups, and heightened popular skepticism toward government, politics, and politicians.« less