Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of

This book explains why, and how, political parties in several advanced democracies are undertaking high-profile organizational reforms.

Recounts the history of the Reform Party with brief biographies of its three most visible presidential candidates.

Assesses what effect the Democratic reforms of 1968 have had on American politics and suggests practical changes that could improve current political practices.

In this intellectual history of America's two-party system, Donald V. Weatherman grapples with the central issue confronting political parties: What role should