Political Parties

Conventional wisdom emerging from China and other autocracies claims that single-party legislatures and elections are mutually beneficial for citiz...

To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in l...

*Winner of the New York Times Book Covers of the Year, 2017* 'Workers of the world, Unite!' The Communist Manifesto is arguably the world's most...

'Engrossing' Daniel Beer, Guardian'A beautiful book... incisive, radiant' Olivia Laing'Illuminating, dramatic... majestic writing' Spectator'Enthra...

First published in 1998, illuminating the principles and practices which impelled British Labours international attitudes, this book focuses on rel...

Between 1945 and 1964, six to seven million members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were investigated for misconduct by local party orga...

Populism is on the rise in Europe and the Americas. Scholars increasingly understand populist forces in terms of their ideas or discourse, one that...

Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

How did Farage persuade Reckless and Carswell to ditch the Conservatives?Would UKIP ever do a deal with another party?How have three near-death exp...

The Republican Party is best understood as the vehicle of an ideological movement whose leaders prize commitment to conservative doctrine; Republic...

How queerness and radical politics intersectedearlier than you thought. Well before Stonewall, a broad cross section of sexual dissidents took adva...

Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and instit...

WINNER OF THE 2022 VICTORIA SCHUCK AWARD, GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Why Democratic women far outnumber Republican women ...

On July 4, 1867, a group of men assembled in Houston to establish the Republican Party of Texas. Combatting entrenched statewide support for the De...

Radical partisanship among ordinary Americans is rising, and it poses grave risks for the prospects of American democracy. Political violence i...

The Paradox of Parliament provides a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Parliament in order to explain the paradoxical expectations placed on...

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on what Democrats and Republicans have in common.     One ...