Political parties are the defining institutions of
representative democracy and the darlings of political science.
Their governing and electoral functions are among the chief
concerns of the field. Yet most political theorists--including
democratic theorists--ignore or disparage parties as grubby arenas
of ambition, obstacles to meaningful political participation and
deliberation. "On the Side of the Angels" is a vigorous defense of
the virtues of parties and partisanship, and their worth as a
subject for political theory.
Nancy Rosenblum's account moves between political theory and
political science, and she uses resources from both fields to
outline an appreciation of parties and the moral distinctiveness of
partisanship. She draws from the history of political thought and
identifies the main lines of opposition to parties, as well as the
rare but significant moments of appreciation. Rosenblum then sets
forth her own theoretical appreciation of parties and partisanship.
She discusses the achievement of parties in regulating rivalries,
channeling political energies, and creating the lines of division
that make pluralist politics meaningful. She defends "partisan" as
a political identity over the much-vaunted status of "independent,"
and she considers where contemporary democracies should draw the
line in banning parties.
"On the Side of the Angels" offers an ethics of partisanship
that speaks to questions of centrism, extremism, and polarization
in American party politics. By rescuing parties from their status
as orphans of political philosophy, Rosenblum fills a significant
void in political and democratic theory.
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