Lexington Books
Pages: 216
Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-1-4985-3999-9 • Hardback • October 2016 • $89.00 • (£68.00)
978-1-4985-4001-8 • Paperback • May 2018 • $42.99 • (£33.00)
978-1-4985-4000-1 • eBook • October 2016 • $40.50 • (£31.00)
Anthony Stasi is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies and works in housing policy in New York City.
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
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, George Mason University
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, Catholic University of America
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, Villanova University