Two Parties--or More?: The American Party System, Second Edition, Edition 2

John F Bibby

maj 2019 · Routledge

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Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties? Why has this system remained largely intact while around the world democracies support multiparty systems? Should our two-party system continue as we enter the new millennium? This newly revised and updated edition of Two Parties-Or More? answers these questions by

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"JOHN F. BIBBY is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and the author of Politics, Parties, and Elections in America, Governing by Consent, and the co-author of Party Organizations in American Politics. He was the 2001 recipient of the Samuel J. Eldersveld Lifetime Award and has held leadership positions in national, state, and local party organizations.
L. SANDY MAISEL is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government and chair of the Department of Government at Colby College. Former president of the New England Political Science Association and chair of the Legislative Studies and Political Organizations and Parties sections of the American Political Science Association, Maisel is the general editor of Political Parties and Elections in the United States, editor of The Parties Respond, Fourth Edition (Westview Press), and author of Parties and Elections in America."