Politics of Ideas

John Kenneth White is Professor of Politics at Catholic University of America. He is the author of several books, including The New Politics of Old Values; Still Seeing Red: How the Cold War Shapes the New American Politics; and with Daniel M. Shea, New Party Politics: From Jefferson and Hamilton to the Information Age. John C. Green is Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron. He is the editor of Financing the 1996 Election and coeditor, with Daniel M. Shea, of State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Politics.

"White and Green have broken new ground with this volume. There are many books and articles about the necessity to reform American political parties and the electoral system, but none are framed within the context of intellectual challenges." — Melanie J. Blumberg, Kent State University

• 1. The Politics of Ideas: IntroductionJohn C. Green 2. The Search for a Public PhilosophyWilson Carey McWilliams 3. Reviving the Political Parties: What Must Be Done?John Kenneth White 4. On the Need for Parties "Strong" and "Great": A DissentEverett Carll Ladd 5. Intellectual Challenges Facing the Republican PartyJohn J. Pitney Jr. 6. Democratic Party Ideology in the 1990s: New Democrats or Modern Republicans?Philip Klinker 7. Political Parties and Democracy's CitizensStephen F. Schneck Bibliography Index