The Role of the Political Party and Its Participants in the Community: An Exploratory Field Study
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Date
1956-06
Authors
Swanson, Bert E.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain the behavior of the precinct committeemen and committeewomen of both political parties in a city of 12,000 population in the Pacific Northwest. The city can be characterized as a workingman's community in a larger metropolitan area of some 50,000 population. Close observation of the committeemen was carried on for a full year, during which period both parties underwent a process of complete reorganization in their efforts to win an important election.
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169 pages
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Political parties, Local politics, Political science