John H. Aldrich is the Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. John D. Griffin is associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and coauthor of Minority Report.
"Why Parties Matter argues that democracy fosters party
competition, resulting in the greater well-being of citizens who
are able to hold their representatives accountable at the ballot
box. The American South, with its remarkable political
transformation, is an excellent case to prove this extremely
important thesis. Now, as Aldrich and Griffin demonstrate, with the
presence of a genuine two-party system, we see that even in Dixie,
democracy has led to political outputs that better the interests of
its citizenry because of politicians who face the real possibility
of losing their next election."--Seth McKee, Texas Tech
University
"Why Parties Matter takes on an ambitious task: charting the
development of political party competition in the United States
with a special focus on how the South lagged behind the rest of the
country for most of American history. The breadth of time covered
by this analysis is unprecedented, and the two major topics covered
here--party development and the politics of the South--are both
deeply important to the theoretical, empirical, and normative
literature in American politics."--Jason M. Roberts, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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