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Why Parties
Author | : John H. Aldrich |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226012759 |
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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.
Responsible Parties
Author | : Frances Rosenbluth,Ian Shapiro |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2018-10-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780300241051 |
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How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics In recent decades, democracies across the world have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates; ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly; many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones.Yet voters keep getting angrier.There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem. Efforts to decentralize political decision-making have made governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents’ long-term interests. They argue that to restore confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.
Why Parties Matter
Author | : John H. Aldrich,John D. Griffin |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2018-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226495408 |
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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.
Altering Party Systems
Author | : Simon Hug |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2001-08-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472111841 |
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DIVWhy new political parties are formed, and why some thrive while others fade away /div
Political Parties
Author | : Robert Michels |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780029212509 |
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In this book Michels analyzes the tendencies that oppose the realization of democracy, and claims that these tendencies can be classified in three ways: dependence upon the nature of the individual; dependence upon the nature of the political structure; and dependence upon the nature of organization. This edition, described by Morris Janowitz as a "classic of modern social science" and by Melvin Tumin as "the beginning of a tradition", offers a landmark study in political science. Following its original publication in 1910, the study and analysis of political parties was established as a new branch of science. Political Parties continues to be a foundation work in the literature and is a necessary addition to the libraries of contemporary political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Losing Parties
Author | : Philip A. Klinkner |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0300060084 |
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This text examines how the American Democratic and Republican parties have responded to presidential election defeats between 1956 to 1993. Drawing on party documents, interviews with party officials and contemporary accounts, it provides case studies of opposition party politics.
Understanding American Political Parties
Author | : Jeffrey M. Stonecash |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780415508445 |
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There is a clear discrepancy between the ideal role of political parties expressed in many textbooks and the reality that we see playing out in politics. This book gives us a big picture analysis that helps explain what is happening in American electoral politics.
Party Brands in Crisis
Author | : Noam Lupu |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2016-01-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781107073609 |
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Party Brands in Crisis offers a new way of thinking about how the behavior of political parties affects voters' attachments.