Orange County Register

Here’s a look at the history of political parties in the U.S.

With the Democratic National Convention starting in Chicago this week, we take a look at the history of political organizations in the U.S. There were no political conventions in the U.S. until 1831, ...
Washington Monthly

Why Are Political Parties So Much Weaker Than They Once Were?

Are the parties over? Here, a general view of the scene on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, July 1960. Credit: AP Photo In 2016 and 2020, the runner-up for the ...
The Economist

Political parties are a feature, not a bug, of American democracy, writes H.W. Brands

KINGS EMBODY authority and impose order. Sack your king, as Americans did in their revolution of the 1770s, and you’ve got to find a new source of authority and new ways to ensure order. After a shaky ...
insider.si.edu

The origins of political order : from prehuman times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama

part I: Before the state. The necessity of politics -- The state of nature -- The tyranny of cousins -- Tribal societies : property, justice, war -- The coming of the leviathan -- part II: State ...