The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How They Weaken Democracy

by Seth Masket

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out parties. Masket investigates several of these anti-party reform efforts - from open primaries to campaign finance restrictions to nonpartisan legislatures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190220848
• ISBN13: 9780190220846
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"