Perspectives on Political Parties : Classic Readings

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.

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: François 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: Émile de Laveleye, 1871 Parties and Party Groups (I): Heinrich von Treitschke, 1871 Responsible Party Government: Woodrow Wilson, 1885 The Price of Party Government: William S. Lilly, 1900 PART 4: PARTY TYPES AND PARTY SYSTEMS Parties in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, 1883 The Four Parties: Friedrich Rohmer, 1844 Parties in the Life of the State: Gottlieb Christian Abt, 1848 Parties and Party Groups (II): Heinrich von Treitschke, 1871 Parties and Party Government: Henry Sidgwick, 1891 Governments and Parties in Continental Europe: Abbot Lawrence Lowell, 1896 PART 5: PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CANDIDATE SELECTION Tendencies and Evils of Political Platforms: Ezra Seaman, 1863 Party Organizations and their Nominations to Public Office in New York City: A.C.Bernheim, 1888 Party Organizations: James Bryce, 1891 Political Organizations in the United States and England: James Bryce, 1893 Party Organization: Henry Jones Ford, 1900 Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties: Mosei Ostrogorski, 1902