Political Party Matrix

J. P. Monroe is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Miami.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1. American Political Parties: State of Decay, Reorganization, or Holding Their Own? Party DeclineThe Party Resurgence: The EvidenceCharacterizing the "Resurgent" PartyEvaluating the "New Orthodoxy"The Modern Political PartyThe Institutionalization of the Ward Heeler: Political StaffOverview of the Book 2. The Meaning of Party The Search for PartyParty DefinitionCentral Tasks and Party StructureStudying Political PartiesThe Competing Teams or Office Seeking ConceptionThe Organizational ConceptionThe Meaning of OrganizationUniting Activities and Structure 3. The Party Web Parties in the Golden Age: The Party BenchmarkShaky Giants?Structure as a Means to an EndThe Party as a National Franchise: The Professionalization of CongressThe Quiet Revolution in the StatesThe Enterprise-in-Office: California StyleA New Party? 4. Political Staffing: Living "For" and "Off" Politics A Breed ApartThe Growth of Political Aides as Office HoldersLiving "For" and "Off" PoliticsThe Path to Power 5. The Enterprise-in-Office: The Legislator as a Ward Boss The Lesgislator as an Enterprise-in-OfficeThe Enterprise-in-Office and the Endless CampaignA Built-In Campaign TeamRunning the CampaignThe Political Staffer as a Campaign SpecialistThe Blurring of Roles: Constituency Service and Campaigning 6. The Party Network: Electoral Cooperation and Lending Political Staff: The Party CadreElectoral Cooperation between Field OfficesLending Staff: Linkages in the Party's StructureThe Allocation of Staff AidThe Consequences of LendingCampaign Coordination from the State LegislatureThe Enterprise-in-Office and the Formal Party Apparatus 7. Mini-Machines: Constituency Service Fixing Problems: CaseworkCross-Jurisdictional ActivityContactsDeveloping a District "Feel"SurveillanceCooperation with Other StaffsThe Field Office, Constituents, and the Party 8. The Entitlement Party The Reprofessionalization of Party Politics Appendix A The Chiefs-of-StaffSampleConducting the Interviews The ConsultantsSampleConducting the Interviews The County Party ChairmanSampleConducting the Interviews Appendix BInstrumentsChief-of-Staff QuestionnaireConsultant QuestionnaireParty Chairman Questionnaire Appendix CStaff Interviews, 1992 Notes Bibliography Index

"Political parties scholarship is in need of fresh thinking and new blood. Monroe's book stands out among the rest as a work of originality."— James G. Gimpel, University of Maryland"A useful book which provides good insights into a changing party environment." — Stephen E. Frantzich, United States Naval Academy