Christopher A. Baylor is a former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of First to the Party: The Group Origins of Political Transformation, which was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine.

• Chapter 1: Parties as a Shortcut for Voters.- Chapter 2: Parties Bring Out the Worst in Human Psychology.- Chapter 3: What Parties Are and Why It Matters.- Chapter 4: Parties and the Representation of Diverse Groups.- Chapter 5: Many Ideologies and Two Parties.- Chapter 6: Parties and Voter Participation.- Chapter 7: Political Parties and Democratic Norms.- Chapter 8: National Government, With and Without Party.- Chapter 9: State and Local Governments without Parties.- Chapter 10: Party On.

Christopher A. Baylor is a former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of First to the Party: The Group Origins of Political Transformation, which was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine.

• Chapter 1: Parties as a Shortcut for Voters.- Chapter 2: Parties Bring Out the Worst in Human Psychology.- Chapter 3: What Parties Are and Why It Matters.- Chapter 4: Parties and the Representation of Diverse Groups.- Chapter 5: Many Ideologies and Two Parties.- Chapter 6: Parties and Voter Participation.- Chapter 7: Political Parties and Democratic Norms.- Chapter 8: National Government, With and Without Party.- Chapter 9: State and Local Governments without Parties.- Chapter 10: Party On.

Christopher A. Baylor is a former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of First to the Party: The Group Origins of Political Transformation, which was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine.

• Chapter 1: Parties as a Shortcut for Voters.- Chapter 2: Parties Bring Out the Worst in Human Psychology.- Chapter 3: What Parties Are and Why It Matters.- Chapter 4: Parties and the Representation of Diverse Groups.- Chapter 5: Many Ideologies and Two Parties.- Chapter 6: Parties and Voter Participation.- Chapter 7: Political Parties and Democratic Norms.- Chapter 8: National Government, With and Without Party.- Chapter 9: State and Local Governments without Parties.- Chapter 10: Party On.