Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America

Name: Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America
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ISBN: 9780226012728

ISBN-10: 0226012727

ISBN-13: 9780226012728

Edition: 1995

Authors: John H. Aldrich

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Why did the United States develop political parties? How and why do party alignments change? Aldrich goes beyond the arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline to examine the foundations of the American party system.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 355
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Jean-Michel Bismut is professor of mathematics at the Universitï¿½ Paris-Sud, Orsay.



Acknowledgments



Political Parties and Democracy



Politics and Parties in America



Why Parties Form



Party Formation in America, 1790-1860



Founding the First Parties: Institutions and Social Choice



Jacksonian Democracy: The Mass Party and Collective Action



Whigs and Republicans: Institutions, Issue Agendas, and Ambition



The New Political Party in Contemporary America



Party Activists and Partisan Cleavages in Contemporary Elections



Political Parties and Governance



The Critical Era of the 1960s



Conclusions



Political Parties, Historical Dynamics, and Democratic Politics


References


Index