1. Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response --Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Syracuse University 2. The Diminishing Oddness of American Political Parties --Nicol C. Rae, Florida International University 3. Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions --Mark D. Brewer, University of Maine 4. Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization --Marjorie Randon Hershey, Nathaniel Birkhead, and Beth C. Easter, Indiana University 5. Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age --Daniel M. Shea, Allegheny College, J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University, and Michael Wolf, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 6. National Parties in the Twenty-First Century --Paul S. Herrnson, University of Maryland 7. Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar --Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona 8. Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations --Diana Dwyre, California State University 9. Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party? --Walter J. Stone, University of California, Davis, L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College, and Trevor C. Lowman, University of California, Davis 10. Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation --Diana Owen, Georgetown University 11. Congressional Parties and the Policy Process --Sean Theriault and Jonathan Lewallen, University of Texas 12. Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees --G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby College 13. American Political Parties in the Age of Polarization --Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University
