Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda

American Parties in Context

Comparative and Historical Analysis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sixty years ago, the ultimate goal of the APSA's Responsible Parties Report was for parties to provide a clearer picture to the electorate of government would be different depending on Republican or Democratic rule. Since then the two major parties in America have grown quite distinct, offering dramatically different visions for the country. In this book, Harmel, Janda, and Giebert significantly enhance students' understanding of the American parties today by putting them in broader context, both historically and cross-nationally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415843676
• ISBN-10: 0415843677
• Artikelnr.: 40697150

Autorenporträt

Robert Harmel is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Matthew Giebert is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Texas A&M University. Kenneth Janda is Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction: The Argument for More Responsible Parties 2.
Ideology: How Different are the Parties? 3. Organization: How Well
Organized are the Parties? 4. Decentralization: Where Does the Power Lie?
5. Cohesion: How Unified are the Parties? 6. Conclusion: Voting and
Governing with More Responsible Parties Appendix A. Toward a More
Responsible Two-Party System: Summary and Conclusions Appendix B. Data for
Exercises 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 5.2 Appendix C. Information for Exercise 5.1