On the side of the angels an appreciation of parties and partisanship / [electronic resource] :
Nancy L. Rosenblum.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
- x, 588 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-576) and index.
Introduction : an appreciation of parties and partisanship -- Glorious traditions of antipartyism and moments of appreciation -- Glorious traditions of antipartyism : holism -- Glorious traditions of antipartyism : fatal divisiveness -- Moments of appreciation -- Post-party depression -- Progressive antipartyism -- The anxiety of influence -- Correcting the system : association, participation, and deliberation -- The moral distinctiveness of "party ID" -- Partisanship and independence -- Centrism and extremism and an ethic of partisanship -- Militant democracy : banning parties -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political parties. Political science. Political parties--United States.