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On the Side of the Angels : An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship /

Political parties are the defining institutions of representative democracy and the darlings of political science. Their governing and electoral functions are among the chief concerns of the field. Yet most political theorists ignore or disparage parties as grubby arenas of ambition, obstacles to me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rosenblum, Nancy L. (Nancy Lipton), 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : an appreciation of parties and partisanship
  • Glorious traditions of antipartyism and moments of appreciation
  • Glorious traditions of antipartyism : holism
  • Glorious traditions of antipartyism : fatal divisiveness
  • Moments of appreciation
  • Post-party depression
  • Progressive antipartyism
  • The anxiety of influence
  • Correcting the system : association, participation, and deliberation
  • The moral distinctiveness of "party ID"
  • Partisanship and independence
  • Centrism and extremism and an ethic of partisanship
  • Militant democracy : banning parties
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.