Books by Kay Lawson

This important volume examines the inner dynamics of political parties with the intention of finding out how parties really work. By looking within, these authors provide an understanding of the internal play of party power and why parties function as they do within the broader political arena.

This book focuses specifically on the question of interest aggregation: do parties today perform that function? If so, how and if not, in what different ways do they seek to show themselves responsive to the electorate?