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CHAPTER TWELVE: POLITICAL PARTIES

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a. What is, and what should be, the role of the ordinary member in a modern political party?

b. Why is party membership declining and what are the implications for the political role of parties?

c. How and why does the organization and ideology of American parties differ from their counterparts in Western Europe?

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