TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,John C.
AU  - Coffey,Daniel J.
AU  - Cohen,David B.
AU  - Abramowitz,Alan
AU  - Beck,Paul A.
AU  - Burton,Michael John
AU  - Carmines,Edward G.
AU  - Connelly,Jr,William F.
AU  - Dost,Meredith
AU  - Dwyre,Diana
TI  - The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
SN  - 9781442225619
AV  - JK2261 .S824 2014 
U1  - 324.273 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Political parties -- United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The State of the Parties -- Part I. POLARIZATION AND THE ELECTORATE -- 2. Partisan Nation -- 3. Political Identity and Party Polarization in the American Electorate -- 4. Why American Political Parties Can'tGet Beyond the Left-Right Divide -- 5. A Perfect Storm -- Part II. POLARIZATION AND POLITICAL ELITES -- 6. Partisan, Polarized, Yet Not Dysfunctional? -- 7. Are These Boots Made for Walking? -- 8. Party Polarization in America's State Legislatures -- 9. Federal Parties and Polarization -- Part III. TEA PARTY POLITICS -- 10. The Tea Party, Republican Factionalism, and the 2012 Election -- 11. The Divided Republicans? -- 12. Allies and Antagonists -- Part IV. SUPER PACS AND PARTISAN RESOURCES -- 13. Political Party Activity in the 2012 Elections -- 14. Classifying Super PACs -- 15. The Ground Game from the Voter's Perspective -- Part V. PARTISAN ACTIVITIES -- 16. Republicans and Reform -- 17. Changes in Local Party Structure and Activity, 1980-2008 -- 18. Separated We Stand? -- 19. A Report from Mahoning County -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors
N2  - This essential party primer includes new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America's political parties and the effects of new media and campaign finance laws, and the implications of all these things on future policymaking and electoral prospects moving forward
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