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The State of the Parties : The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 7th edDescription: 1 online resource (411 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442225619
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The State of the PartiesDDC classification:
  • 324.273
LOC classification:
  • JK2261 .S824 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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