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What is an American Politica Party? Unlike in parliamentary systems, they’re not private organisations but quasi public bodies, with no membership dues and with their candidate selection regulated by public law. And how do we explain the paradox that in an era of intense ‘partisan’ division, the parties themselves—as organisations—are by some measures weaker than ever before? Adam is joined by Sam Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University and author of The Polarizers: Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era, and, with Daniel Scholman, The Hallow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.
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Producer: Emily Williams. Presenter: Adam Smith
