The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties Book

1	The state of the parties in a polarized nation	1
2	The future of the American two-party system in the twenty-first century	15
3	Party fictions in 2004	35
4	The state of the party elites : national convention delegates, 1992-2004	51
5	State party activists and state party polarization	75
6	Committees and candidates : national party finance after BCRA	95
7	Surviving BCRA : state party finance in 2004	113
8	Rally 'round the flag : when interest groups invite themselves to the party	135
9	Deaniacs and Democrats : Howard Dean's campaign activists	153
10	Machine politics for the twenty-first century? : multilevel marketing and party organizations	173
11	The [un]coordinated campaign : the battle for Mahoning County, Ohio	187
12	Organizational strength and campaign professionalism in state parties	199
13	Local parties and mobilizing the vote : the case of young citizens	217
14	The dynamic of third parties and the Perot constituency : twelve years and counting	231
15	The declining significance of Ralph	249
16	The growing polarization of American voters	265
17	Party coalitions in the American public : morality politics, issue agendas, and the 2004 election	279
18	The rise of the ideological voter : the changing bases of partisanship in the American electorate	299
19	The rise of the right : more conservatives or more concentrated conservatism?	317
20	The partisan presidency	331
21	Party leadership in the house of representatives	343
22	Ten years after the revolution : 1994 and partisan control of government	355
23	The courts and party systems in 2004 : representation without competition?	369