Dynamics of American political parties [electronic resource] / Mark D. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Stonecash

Author:: Brewer, Mark D.
Published:: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description:: xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.

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Democracy, representation, and parties -- Overview : social change and shifting party bases -- Taking shape : party coalitions in the post-bellum nineteenth century -- Republican ascendancy and Democratic efforts to respond, 1896-1928 -- Tables turn: the new deal era and Democratic dominance, 1932- 1948 -- The Democratic drive to the great society -- Republicans : reasserting conservative principles and seeking a majority -- The struggle of democrats to interpret change and respond -- George Bush and further polarization -- The 2008 election and its interpretation -- Parties and the pursuit of majorities.

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9780521882309 (hardback)
0521882303 (hardback)
9780521708876 (pbk.)
0521708877 (pbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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