Introduction: The state of the parties: change and continuity in 2008 / Daniel J. Coffey and John C. Green
Was 2008 a watershed election? Observing the state of the parties in the election results / John R. Petrocik
Party factions in 2008 / Howard L. Reiter
The state of party elites: national convention delegates, 1992-2008 / John S. Jackson and John C. Green
Electoral politics as team sport: advantage to the Democrats / David B. Magleby
Party on the periphery: the 2008 presidential election in Mahoning County / Melanie J. Blumberg ... [et al.]
The party's still going: local party strength and activity in 2008 / Melody Crowder-Meyer
The Obama netroots campaign, young voters, and the future of local party organizations / Daniel M. Shea
The Internetilization of American parties: the implications of the Unity08 effort / Kira C. Allmann ... [et al.]
Organizing for America / Barbara Trish
The need for an integrated vision of parties and candidates: national political party finances, 1999-2008 / Michael J. Malbin ... [et al.]
Back to the future? Campaign-finance reform and the declining importance of the national party organization / Raymond J. La Raja
Flush with cash: individual campaign contributors in the 2008 elections / Costas Panagopoulos and John C. Green
Fallen elephant: examining the Grand Old Party's fall from grace / Daniel J. Coffey
Unintended consequences: Republican strategy and winning and losing voters / Rebekah E. Liscio, Jeffrey M. Stonecash, and Mark D. Brewer
The campaign context for partisanship stability / J. Quin Monson, Kelly D. Patterson, and Jeremy C. Pope
A political theory of partisanship and independence / Nancy L. Rosenblum
Barack Obama and the partisan presidency / Richard M. Skinner
Party governance under Speaker Nancy Pelosi / R. Lawrence Butler
Party, constituency, and representation in Congress / Walter J. Stone and Matthew T. Pietryka.
The state of the parties : the changing role of contemporary American parties. ISBN 9780742599550. Published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.