Dynamics of American political parties

Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics. Parties and the politicians that comprise them seek control of government in order to implement their visions of proper public policy. To gain control parties need to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brewer, Mark D. (-)
Otros Autores: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2009.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democracy, representation, and parties
  • Overview : social change and shifting party bases
  • Taking shape : party coalitions in the post-bellum nineteenth century
  • Republican ascendancy and Democratic efforts to respond, 1896-1928
  • Tables turn: the new deal era and Democratic dominance, 1932- 1948
  • The Democratic drive to the great society
  • Republicans : reasserting conservative principles and seeking a majority
  • The struggle of democrats to interpret change and respond
  • George Bush and further polarization
  • The 2008 election and its interpretation
  • Parties and the pursuit of majorities.