Political Parties and the Winning of Office

"Schlesinger accomplishes a . . . task which few scholars of American politics attempt: presenting an institutional analysis which links all levels of government. Thus we do not have an analysis of congressional parties, or a look at state-based organizations, but rather a theory which tells us how and why party units develop around each office, and the circumstances under which units will or will not be cooperative or cohesive. Schlesinger has again directed our attention to the important ties between individual ambition and political parties." —Peverill Squire, Congress & The Presidency