Dynamics of American Political Parties.
The New Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics.
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2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 Democracy, Representation, and Parties; 2 Overview: Social Change and Shifting Party Bases; 3 Taking Shape: Party Coalitions in the Post-Bellum Nineteenth Century; 4 Republican Ascendancy and Democratic Efforts to Respond, 18961928; 5 Tables Turn: The New Deal Era and Democratic Dominance, 19321948; 6 The Democratic Drive to the Great Society; 7 Republicans: Reasserting Conservative Principles and Seeking a Majority; 8 The Struggle of Democrats to Interpret Change and Respond.
- 9 George Bush and Further Polarization10 The 2008 Election and Its Interpretation; 11 Parties and the Pursuit of Majorities; Bibliography; Index.