IntroductionSkip to the Reading List We are the “myth-busters” in the crowded presidential election year commerce in gossip, one-day trends, and half-truths, and no where are these myth-busting powers more important than in discussions of political parties, how they work, and why they continue to matter so much in American politics. Moving beyond simplistic Republican/Democrat comparisons, misdirections, and antagonisms, these authoritative books from leading political scientists and writers capture the complete story and provide unparalleled insight. Classic texts like The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater appear alongside contemporary commentary like The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History by Jill Lepore. And political scientists like Zoltan L. Hajnal, Taeku Lee and David Mayhew explore essential questions like Why Americans Don’t Join the Party or Why Political Parties Don’t Kill the U.S. Constitutional System. –Chuck Myers, group publisher in social sciences and editor in political science
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The Reading List
 Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States? Robin Archer |
 The Formation of National Party Systems Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States Pradeep Chhibber & Ken Kollman |
 Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party Paul Frymer |
 Uneasy Alliances Race and Party Competition in America Paul Frymer |
 Presidential Party Building Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush Daniel J. Galvin |
 The Conscience of a Conservative Barry M. Goldwater Edited by CC Goldwater, With a new introduction by Sean Wilentz, With a new foreword by George F. Will, With a new afterword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
 Why Americans Don’t Join the Party Race, Immigration, and the Failure (of Political Parties) to Engage the Electorate Zoltan L. Hajnal & Taeku Lee |
 The Silent Majority Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South Matthew D. Lassiter |
 Party Competition An Agent-Based Model Michael Laver & Ernest Sergenti |
 The Whites of Their Eyes The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History Jill Lepore |
 Return of the “L” Word A Liberal Vision for the New Century Douglas S. Massey |
 Partisan Balance Why Political Parties Don’t Kill the U.S. Constitutional System David R. Mayhew |
 Suburban Warriors The Origins of the New American Right Lisa McGirr |
 Political Parties and the State The American Historical Experience Martin Shefter |
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 The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism A Short History David Farber |
 The Politics of Hope and The Bitter Heritage American Liberalism in the 1960s Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., With a new foreword by Sean Wilentz |
 Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism A Woman’s Crusade Donald T. Critchlow |
| ForthcomingBecoming Right How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives Amy J. Binder & Kate Wood January 2012 |
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