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Ideas of power : the politics of American party ideology development / Verlan Lewis

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Lewis, Verlan
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
xvii, 202 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents
The liberal conservative myth and political science -- A political theory of American party ideology development -- The presidency and party theories of foreign intervention -- Unified government and party theories of economic intervention -- The Supreme Court and party theories of judicial intervention -- Politics, history, and American party ideology development.
Summary
"This book tells the story of American party ideology development by chronicling the ideas and rhetoric articulated by the two major parties throughout U.S. history: from the Federalists and Republicans of the late eighteenth century, to the Whigs and Democrats of the mid-nineteenth century, to the Republicans and Democrats of today. Unlike most scholars of American party ideologies, I emphasize how they have changed over time rather than how they have stayed the same"--
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9781108476799 (hardback : alk. paper)
1108476791 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781108701549 (pbk. : alk. paper)
110870154X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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