In tracing the development of increased polarization in the United States, numerous scholars have noted the apparent importance of the American Political Science Association's (APSA's) Committee on Political Parties. The committee's influential (and often criticized) report,Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System, called for a wholesale transformation of political parties in the United States. On its publication in October 1950, political scientists quickly concluded that, taken together, the committee's recommendations represented a reworking of a distinct approach, usually known as “party government” or “responsible party government.” (The origins of responsible parties dated back to Woodrow Wilson's classic 1885 textCongressional Government.) Since then, the notion of party government has become a core issue in the study of American political parties, albeit a contentious one. A recent survey ranked the APSA document at seventh as a canonical text in graduate syllabi concerning parties.

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他们想要什么？党政、两极分化和美国政治学协会

在追踪美国两极分化加剧的发展过程中，许多学者已经注意到美国政治科学协会 (APSA) 政党委员会的明显重要性。委员会有影响力（也经常受到批评）的报告，迈向更负责任的两党制，呼吁对美国政党进行全面转型。在 1950 年 10 月出版时，政治学家很快得出结论，综合起来，委员会的建议代表了对一种独特方法的重新设计，通常称为“党政”或“负责任的党政”。（责任方的起源可以追溯到伍德罗·威尔逊 1885 年的经典著作国会政府.) 从那时起，党政的概念就成为美国政党研究的核心问题，尽管是一个有争议的问题。最近的一项调查将 APSA 文件列为第七位，作为研究生课程大纲中有关政党的规范文本。