Party Position Change in American Politics Coalition Management

Name: Party Position Change in American Politics Coalition Management
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ISBN: 9780521738194

ISBN-10: 0521738199

ISBN-13: 9780521738194

Edition: 2009

Authors: David Karol

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America's two party system is highly stable, but its parties' issue positions are not. Democrats and Republicans have changed sides on many subjects, including trade, civil rights, defense spending, and fiscal policy, and polarized on newer issues like abortion and gun control. Yet party position change remains poorly understood. In this book David Karol views parties as coalitions of groups with intense preferences on particular issues managed by politicians. He explains important variations in party position change: the speed of shifts, the stability of new positions, and the extent to which change occurs via adaptation by incumbents. Karol shows that the key question is whether parties…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Explaining Party Position Change: Theory and Method



Coalition Maintenance: The Politics of Trade Policy



Coalition Group Incorporation: The Politics of Abortion and Gun Control



The Politics of Race: Coalition Maintenance in the North, Coalition Group Incorporation in the South



Coalition Expansion: The Politics of National Defense and Fiscal Policy



Conclusions


Appendix: Data Sources and Procedures


Bibliography


Index