Dynamics of the Party System Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States

Name: Dynamics of the Party System Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States
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ISBN: 9780815782254

ISBN-10: 081578225X

ISBN-13: 9780815782254

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: James L. Sundquist

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Since the original edition of Dynamics of the Party Systemwas published in 1973, American politics have continued on a tumultuous course. In the vacuum left by the decline of the Democratic and Republican parties, single-interest groups have risen and flourished. Protest movements on the left and the New Right at the opposite pole have challenged and divided the major parties, and the Reagan Revolution--in reversing a fifty-year trend toward governmental expansion--may turn out to have revolutionized the party system too.In this edition, as in the first, current political trends and events are placed in a historical and theoretical context. Focusing upon three major realignments of the…

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List price: $26.00
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication date: 8/1/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 466
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.97" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Foreword



Party Realignment: What? When? How?



Some Hypothetical Scenarios



the Realignment Process: a Preliminary Statement



Slavery Polarizes the Nation



the Realignment of the 1850s



the Realignment of the 1890s



Major Realignment Averted: the Progressive Era



Minor Realignments of the 1920s



the Realignment of the 1930s



Aftershocks of the New Deal Earthquake--In the North



Some Further Notes on Party Dynamics



the New Deal Party System: Years of Stabilization



Years of Disruption: Race and Southern Politics



the Reagan Revolution--And After