@article{425303, author = {Shefter, Martin,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/425303}, title = {Political parties and the state : the American historical experience /}, publisher = {Princeton University Press,}, abstract = {This book collects a number of Martin Shefter's most important articles on political parties. They address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge? What influences the character of parties - in particular, their reliance on patronage? In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack?}, recid = {425303}, pages = {xiii, 302 p. ;}, address = {Princeton N.J. :}, year = {1994}, }