Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties : Volume 1.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Biographical Note -- Introduction: Ostrogorski and the Analytical Approach to the Comparative Study of Political Parties, by Seymour Martin Lipset -- Preface, by James Bryce, M.P. -- Author's Preface -- FIRST PART -- First Chapter: The Old Unity -- Second Chapter: Break-up of the Old Society -- Third Chapter: Attempts at Reaction -- Fourth Chapter: Definitive Triumph of the New Order of Things -- SECOND PART -- First Chapter: The Origins of Political Associations -- Second Chapter: The Beginnings of Party Organizations -- Third Chapter: The Establishment of the Caucus -- Fourth Chapter: The Growth of the Caucus -- Fifth Chapter: The Caucus in Power -- Sixth Chapter: The Caucus in Power (continued) -- Seventh Chapter: The Conservative Organization -- Eighth Chapter: The Conservative Organization (continued) -- Ninth Chapter: The Crisis of 1886 and the Final Development of Party Organization -- THIRD PART -- First Chapter: The Machinery of the Caucus -- Second Chapter: The Action of the Caucus -- Third Chapter: The Action of the Caucus (continued) -- Fourth Chapter: Candidates and Electioneering -- Fifth Chapter: The Supreme Government in the Caucus -- Sixth Chapter: Auxiliary and Rival Organizations -- Seventh Chapter: Auxiliary and Rival Organizations (continued) -- Eighth Chapter: Summary -- Index.

Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties, originally published in 1902, represented the first serious attempt to analyze the consequences of democratic suffrage by a comparative analysis of political systems.

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