Fractured Parties: How Recent Elections Have Exposed Weaknesses in American Political Parties

by Anthony Stasi

Overview

This book studies the history America’s political parties and the challenges they face today. In the 2016 primaries the anti-establishment candidates had an early advantage with a wild-card quality that resonated with modern voters, demonstrating how drastically America’s political climate has changed and the need for nonpartisan party reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498540018
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	05/23/2018
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Anthony Stasi is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies and works in housing policy in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Modern Parties Are Weaker…By Modern Standards Chapter 1: What Is A Strong Party? Chapter 2: The Numbers Don’t Add Up: Parties Are Losing Steam Chapter 3: Strong Presidency + Weak Congress = Weaker Parties Chapter 4: It’s Money That Matters Chapter 5: Ways To Make Parties Relevant With Voters Chapter 6: Post Industrial America and Parties Afterword

Editorial Reviews

A thoughtful inquiry of the political fragmentation in our country today could not be more timely. I trust that the rigorous analysis and provocative conclusions proposed by Stasi will not fall on deaf ears among pundits, policy-makers, and academics. This book deserves our close study.

Enrique S. Pumar

Anthony Stasi’s work provides a fascinating account of how the influence of political parties has been fundamentally altered, as well as an in-depth analysis of the factors behind this shift in power. Along with clearly illustrating the historical ebb and flow of political party control, his account also provides some terrific insights into where party influence is headed in the future.

James Ronan

In a very timely and thought-provoking book, Anthony Stasi describes and analyzes the weakening of the political parties and the serious consequences of this development. If you want to understand how unconventional candidates such as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have taken hold of primary voters and changed American politics, Fractured Parties has the answers.

Mark Rozell