American Political Parties and Constitutional Politics Edited by Peter W. Schramm and Bradford P. Wilson

To address the growing concern about the decline of the role played by poltical parties in American politics and the consequences this might have for America's constitutional democracy, the twelve leading scholars who contribute to this volume examine the purposes of political parties in America's constitutional order, each major party's strongest recent manifestation--the Democrats' New Deal coalition and the Republicans' Reagan coalition, and the future of the American party system. Sponsored by the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs.

Preface

Poltical Parties and American Constitutionalism
  Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr.

Political Parties and the American Founding
  Michael Allen Gillespie

Lincoln and the Republican Realignment
  Glen Thurow

Representations, Deliberation, and Presidential Nominations: Improving the Performance of American Political Parties
  William Galston

Political Parties Across the Separation of Powers
  Michael J. Malbin

The Post New Deal Democratic Party
  Elaine Ciulla Kamarck

Frames, Wedges, Magnets, and Silver Bullets: Republican Strategies
  John J. Pitney, Jr.

The New Deal, Party Politics, and the Administrative State
  Sidney M. Milkis

The New Deal Revaluation of Partisanship
  Robert Eden

Political Parties and the New Deal
  Donald R. Brand

Political Parties, The Constitution, and the Future of American Politics
  Charles R. Kesler

Contributors

Index