This book examines the historical forces that gave rise to the modern political party and questions its role in the post-ideological age. If we all now share the liberal market ...

A no-holds barred look at how ideology-based partisan politics is altering the Framers' vision of government and alienating Americans.

Based primarily on mail surveys of voters, political scientists Stewart (U. of Alberta) and Archer (U. of Calgary) took the opportunity of the 1992 Progressive Conservative ...

"After introducing the theme of contending liberalisms, Richardson traces the emergence over time of a distinctive liberal view of international relations and reviews the ...

With the collapse of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986 came optimistic hopes for a transition toward a sound democracy, accompanied by economic development and social peace--a ...

In this edited collection, Peter Lawler presents a lucid and comprehensive introduction to a diverse set of political issues according to Tocqueville. Democracy and Its ...

This text provides an overview of political parties in France. The social and ideological profiles of all the major parties are analysed, highlighting their principal functions ...

Too often, Wallace Hettle points out, studies of politics in the nineteenth-century South reinforce a view of the Democratic Party that is frozen in time on the eve of Fort ...