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Title: Why Parties?: The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America (American Politics and Political Economy) by John H. Aldrich ISBN: 0-226-01272-7 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00

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Summary: An Essential for Political Scientists
Comment: This book represents some of the best work on American political parties that political science has to offer. The empirical work covers the majority of party history, has impressive depth as well as breadth, and shows a remarkable sensitivity to historical and political context for a study based in rational choice theory. The theory is a bit lacking, however. Aldrich tries to explain parties as solutions to various collective action and cycling problems, but he does not explain how these solutions come about in the first place nor even how they really overcome the problems in any theoretically rigorous way. Still, it is a standard, and should be on any poli sci graduate student's shelf.

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