Theory of Parties and Electoral Systems

Richard S. Katz is a professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of several books, including Political Institutions in the United States; Party Governments: European and American Experiences; The Patron State: Government and the Arts in Europe, North America, and Japan; and Handbook of Party Politics. He is also coeditor of the European Journal of Political Research.

• Preface1. Parties, Elections, and Democracy2. Electoral Law3. An Extensive Test4. An Intensive Test: Electoral Experience5. An Intensive Test: Campaign and Nomination6. An Intensive Test: Verification7. Concluding RemarksAppendix A: SamplingAppendix B: QuestionnaireNotesIndex

Analytical, careful, and scholarly... it makes an important contribution to theory-building about political parties. Journal of Politics This short, well-written comparative treatise deals with the causal relations between electoral structures on one hand and party and campaign behavior on the other. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science