Perspectives on Political Parties Classic Readings [Hardcover]

Perspectives on Political Parties is a collection of primary documents that show the changing understandings of partisan politics during the nineteenth century, the first era in which parties played a central role in governing. The texts taken from British, American, German and French publication, speak to today's students and scholars of history and political science by showing the deep roots of still-current debates about representative democracy and mass politics. The reader is designed to fill a hole in contemporary teaching and scholarship by assembling hard to access sources that form the basis of modern debates about parties.Introduction: Coming to Terms with Parties in the Nineteenth Century PART 1: EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ANTECEDENTS The Patriot King and Parties: Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1735 Of Parties in General: David Hume, 1747 Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents: Edmund Burke, 1770 Farewell Address to Congress: George Washington, 1796 PART 2: THE PLACE OF PARTIES IN HEALTHY POLITICAL SYSTEMS Remarks on Party: Henry Lord Brougham, 1839 Parties: the Office they Fulfil in a Republic: Frederick Grimke, 1848 The Party Organism: Gustave Struve-1848 Elements of Society in France: Fran?ois Guizot, 1849 What is a Political Party? Johan Caspar Bluntschli, 1869 Parties in the State: Robert von Mohl, 1872 The Place of Party in the Political System: Anson Morse, 1891 Party Government: Charles Richardson, 1892 The Evils of Party: Nathan Cree, 1892 What is a Party? Anson Morse, 1896 PART 3: PARTIES AND LEGISLATURES On Opposition Parties in Germany and Elsewhere: Wilhelm Traugott Krug, 1836 Evils and Dangers of Parliamentary Government: Henry George, Earl Grey, 1858 A Plea for the Constitution: John Austin, 1859 Parties and the House of Commons: Walter Bagehot, 1867 The Parliamentary Regime and Parties in Italy: ?mile de Laveleye, 1871 Parties and Party Groups (I): Heinrich von Treitschke, 1871 Responsible Party Government: Woodrow Wilson, 1885 l£.