{"product_id":"small-power-david-doherty-9780197605011","title":"Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in \u003cem\u003eSmall Power\u003c\/em\u003e, local party leaders influence the electoral process in myriad ways: They recruit and support candidates, interface with state-wide and federal campaigns, and get out the vote in their communities. Drawing from a survey of over 850 Democratic and Republican local party chairs, a nationally representative sample of voters, and dozens of in-depth interviews, the authors describe how parties are organized, who party chairs are, and how they serve the party. Leveraging novel experiments that illuminate how chairs make choices about which individuals to recruit as candidates--as well as whether those choices reflect voters' preferences--\u003cem\u003eSmall Power\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on how seemingly mundane local\u003cbr\u003edecisions can shape party goals, influence candidate pipelines, and affect who ends up winning elections. The book therefore offers unprecedented insight into the substantial influence that local parties and their chairpersons are positioned to wield and how they shape American politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, Michael G. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019760501X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197605011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022","brand":"David Doherty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047680012543,"sku":"9780197605011","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45b33f80-2c21-4cf8-8ee2-bb8300cf2ca2.jpg?v=1684991601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-power-david-doherty-9780197605011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}