and the Thesis of Partv Decline" bv Cor-
nelius P. Cotter and john F. ~ibb~,
in Political Science Quarterly (Spring 1980), Ste. 500, 619 West 114 St., New York,
N.Y. 10025.
Though the Democratic and Republican parties appeal to a lower per- centage of voters than in the past, they have, on the national level, become increasingly sophisticated bureaucracies -putting a tighter rein on state and local parties and providing more services to commu- nity loyalists than ever before. So write...