American Parties And Politics

Author : Marjorie Randon Hershey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134836666

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Party Politics in America by Marjorie Randon Hershey Pdf

The seventeenth edition of Party Politics in America continues the comprehensive and authoritative coverage of political parties for which it is known while expanding and updating the treatment of key related topics including interest groups and elections. Marjorie Hershey builds on the book’s three-pronged coverage of party organization, party in the electorate, and party in government and integrates contemporary examples—such as campaign finance reform, party polarization, and social media—to bring to life the fascinating story of how parties shape our political system. New to the 17th Edition Fully updated through the 2016 election, including changes in virtually all of the boxed materials, the chapter openings, and the data presented. Explores increasing partisan hostility, the status of voter ID laws and other efforts to affect voter turnout, young voters' attitudes and participation, and the role of big givers such as the energy billionaire Koch brothers in the 2016 campaigns. Critically examines the idea that Super PACs are replacing, or can replace, the party organizations in running campaigns. New and expanded online Instructor's Resources, including author-written test banks, essay questions, relevant websites with correlated sample assignments, the book’s appendix, and links to a collection of course syllabi.

Author : Clinton Rossiter
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501718663

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Parties and Politics in America by Clinton Rossiter Pdf

A distinguished historian and political scientist provides a forthright and objective account of American party politics in this concise and invaluable guide. In vigorous and lively language he examines the two major parties—"the peacemakers of the American community"—describing their historic functions and the way they have helped to achieve national unity. He discusses their make-up, their achievements and failures, the images each has established of itself and of the opposition party. The demographic forces influencing the American voter and the complex question of how the parties actually differ receive thought-provoking treatment. This invigorating analysis of the hard facts of American political life will live far beyond the election year of 1960.

Author : Bernard Tamas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351128247

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The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties by Bernard Tamas Pdf

Virtually all academic books on American third parties in the last half-century assume that they have largely disappeared. This book challenges that orthodoxy by explaining the (temporary) decline of third parties, demonstrating through the latest evidence that they are enjoying a resurgence, and arguing that they are likely to once again play a significant role in American politics. The book is based on a wealth of data, including district-level results from US House of Representatives elections, state-level election laws after the Civil War, and recent district-level election results from Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom.

Author : Michael Barone
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781641770798

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How America’s Political Parties Change (and How They Don’t) by Michael Barone Pdf

The election of 2016 prompted journalists and political scientists to write obituaries for the Republican Party—or prophecies of a new dominance. But it was all rather familiar. Whenever one of our two great parties has a setback, we’ve heard: “This is the end of the Democratic Party,” or, “The Republican Party is going out of existence.” Yet both survive, and thrive. We have the oldest and third oldest political parties in the world—the Democratic Party founded in 1832 to reelect Andrew Jackson, the Republican Party founded in 1854 to oppose slavery in the territories. They are older than almost every American business, most American colleges, and many American churches. Both have seemed to face extinction in the past, and have rebounded to be competitive again. How have they managed it? Michael Barone, longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics, brings a deep understanding of our electoral history to the question and finds a compelling answer. He illuminates how both parties have adapted, swiftly or haltingly, to shifting opinion and emerging issues, to economic change and cultural currents, to demographic flux. At the same time, each has maintained a constant character. The Republican Party appeals to “typical Americans” as understood at a given time, and the Democratic Party represents a coalition of “out-groups.” They are the yin and yang of American political life, together providing vehicles for expressing most citizens’ views in a nation that has always been culturally, religiously, economically, and ethnically diverse. The election that put Donald Trump in the White House may have appeared to signal a dramatic realignment, but in fact it involved less change in political allegiances than many before, and it does not portend doom for either party. How America’s Political Parties Change (and How They Don’t) astutely explains why these two oft-scorned institutions have been so resilient.

Author : John S. Jackson
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815726388

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The American Political Party System by John S. Jackson Pdf

From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.S. presidency, John S. Jackson's new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the U.S. government to the formation of today's political powerhouses, Jackson provides a narrative sweep of American party history like none other. Unique to this book is a detailed breakdown of the evolution of political parties from 1832 to the current era. Jackson explains how the reform era came to be, as well as how it produced the polarized party era we have today. In doing so, he guides the reader to an appreciation of where U.S. party politics originated and the aspirations of those who helped create the current system. Jackson also examines the internal mechanisms and personalities of the Democratic and Republican parties. He compares multiple presidential elections, thus telling a broader story of the unfolding of today's party polarization and gridlock. He also explores the theoretical meaning of the changes observed in the parties from the responsible party model perspective. The themes of continuity and change are set in the context of group-think versus rational decisionmaking. Specific focus is given to political elites who are sophisticated about politics and who make strategic decisions, but are also bound by their humanity and occasionally fail to see the right deci-sion due to their own personal biases. This book will be particularly useful for those who want to explore polarization, the responsible parties model, the rational actor model, and anyone who wants to better understand elections, party politics, and the evolution of the presidency.

Author : John F Bibby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429964145

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Two Parties--or More? by John F Bibby Pdf

Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties? Why has this system remained largely intact while around the world democracies support multiparty systems? Should our two-party system continue as we enter the new millennium? This newly revised and updated edition of Two Parties-Or More? answers these questions by

Author : John H. Aldrich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226012759

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Why Parties? by John H. Aldrich Pdf

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline and undertakes a wholesale reexamination of the foundations of the American party system. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties—from their formation in the 1790s to the Civil War—Aldrich shows how they serve to combat three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Aldrich brings this innovative account up to the present by looking at the profound changes in the character of political parties since World War II, especially in light of ongoing contemporary transformations, including the rise of the Republican Party in the South, and what those changes accomplish, such as the Obama Health Care plan. Finally, Why Parties? A Second Look offers a fuller consideration of party systems in general, especially the two-party system in the United States, and explains why this system is necessary for effective democracy.

Author : Marjorie Randon Hershey
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X004804412

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Party Politics in America by Marjorie Randon Hershey Pdf

Part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, this book has been updated to include an examination of the parties' stances on current issues, research on party activists, coverage of the 2002 and 2004 elections, and much more.Party Politics in America analyzes three primary components of parties--party organization, party in the electorate, party in government--and the interaction of these components, especially during election campaigns. PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS; THE POLITICAL PARTY AS AN ORGANIZATION; THE POLITICAL PARTY IN THE ELECTORATE; PARTIES, NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS; THE PARTY IN GOVERNMENT. Anyone interested in American politics.

Author : Frank Joseph Sorauf,Paul Allen Beck
Publisher : Pearson Scott Foresman
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002644818

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Party Politics in America by Frank Joseph Sorauf,Paul Allen Beck Pdf

Author : Robert Harmel,Matthew Giebert,Kenneth Janda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135015428

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American Parties in Context by Robert Harmel,Matthew Giebert,Kenneth Janda Pdf

Roughly sixty-five years ago, a group of political scientists operating as the "Committee on Political Parties" of the American Political Association thought long and hard about whether the American parties were adequately serving their democracy, and made specific recommendations for improvements. Comparing the parties of this country to those of Great Britain, the Committee found the American parties to be lacking in such fundamentals as clear policy differences, strong and effective organization, and unity of purpose among each party’s representatives in public offices. Starting from that background, this book is intended to significantly enhance students‘ understanding of the American parties today by putting them in broader context. How do the twenty-first century Democrats and Republicans compare to the APSA Committee’s "responsible parties model" of the mid-twentieth? And how do the American parties compare to parties of other democracies around the world, including especially the British parties? Harmel, Giebert, and Janda answer those questions and, in the process, demonstrate that the American parties have moved significantly in the direction of the responsible parties model, but while showing little inclination for implementing the greater discipline the Committee thought essential. Already having provided as much ideological choice as the British parties, the US parties have now edged closer on the other critical requirement of legislative cohesion. The authors show that the latter has resulted "naturally" from the greater homogenization of the meaning of "Democrat" and "Republican" across the country, both within the electorate and now within Congress as well. The dramatic increase in cohesion is not the product of greater party discipline, but rather of sectoral realignments.

Author : John H. Aldrich,John D. Griffin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226495408

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Why Parties Matter by John H. Aldrich,John D. Griffin Pdf

Since the founding of the American Republic, the North and South have followed remarkably different paths of political development. Among the factors that have led to their divergence throughout much of history are differences in the levels of competition among the political parties. While the North has generally enjoyed a well-defined two-party system, the South has tended to have only weakly developed political parties—and at times no system of parties to speak of. With Why Parties Matter, John H. Aldrich and John D. Griffin make a compelling case that competition between political parties is an essential component of a democracy that is responsive to its citizens and thus able to address their concerns. Tracing the history of the parties through four eras—the Democratic-Whig party era that preceded the Civil War; the post-Reconstruction period; the Jim Crow era, when competition between the parties virtually disappeared; and the modern era—Aldrich and Griffin show how and when competition emerged between the parties and the conditions under which it succeeded and failed. In the modern era, as party competition in the South has come to be widely regarded as matching that of the North, the authors conclude by exploring the question of whether the South is poised to become a one-party system once again with the Republican party now dominant.

Author : Robert Jack Huckshorn
Publisher : North Scituate, Mass. : Duxbury Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000139330

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Political Parties in America by Robert Jack Huckshorn Pdf

Author : Paul Allen Beck
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000053073742

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Party Politics in America by Paul Allen Beck Pdf

Party Politics in America, now considerably revised and updated, is a longtime leading text on American political parties. Its coverage is comprehensive, including the American party system and its third parties and independents; all three parts of the parties (the party organizations, the party in the electorate, and the party in government); and the interaction among these parts, especially during election campaigns. Professor Beck integrates academic research on the parties with contemporary and historical examples of party politics in the U.S. The eighth edition incorporates new research and political events through the beginning of the 1996 presidential election campaign, employs more comparisons with other democratic party systems than before, and addresses directly the question of the changing role of the parties in American politics.

Author : Martin Shefter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400821228

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Political Parties and the State by Martin Shefter Pdf

This book collects a number of Martin Shefter's most important articles on political parties. They address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge? What influences the character of parties--in particular, their reliance on patronage? In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack? Shefter's work exemplifies the "new institutionalism" in political science, arguing that the reliance of parties on patronage is a function not so much of mass political culture as of their relationship with public bureaucracies. The book's opening chapters analyze the circumstances conducive to the emergence of strong political parties and the changing balance between parties and bureaucracies in Europe and America. The middle chapters discuss the organization and exclusion of the American working classes by machine and reform regimes. The book concludes by examining party organizations as instruments of political control in the largest American city, New York.

Author : Mark D. Brewer,Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521882309

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Dynamics of American Political Parties by Mark D. Brewer,Jeffrey M. Stonecash Pdf

In Dynamics of American Political Parties, Mark D. Brewer and Jeffrey M. Stonecash examine 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 win elections, and winning elections requires assembling an electoral coalition that is larger than that crafted by the opposition. Parties are always looking for opportunities to build such winning coalitions, and opportunities are always there, but they are rarely, if ever, without risk. Uncertainty rules and intra-party conflict rages as different factions and groups within the parties debate the proper course(s) of action and battle it out for control of the party. Parties can never be sure how their strategic maneuvers will play out, and, even when it appears that a certain strategy has been successful, party leaders are unclear about how long apparent success will last. Change unfolds slowly, in fits and starts.