Virtually all academic books on American third parties in the last half-century assume that they have largely disappeared. This book challenges that orthodoxy by explaining the (temporary) decline of third parties, demonstrating through the latest evidence that they are enjoying a resurgence, and arguing that they are likely to once again play a significant role in American politics. The book is based on a wealth of data, including district-level results from US House of Representatives elections, state-level election laws after the Civil War, and recent district-level election results from Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom.…mehr
Virtually all academic books on American third parties in the last half-century assume that they have largely disappeared. This book challenges that orthodoxy by explaining the (temporary) decline of third parties, demonstrating through the latest evidence that they are enjoying a resurgence, and arguing that they are likely to once again play a significant role in American politics. The book is based on a wealth of data, including district-level results from US House of Representatives elections, state-level election laws after the Civil War, and recent district-level election results from Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bernard Tamas is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Valdosta State University. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Fulbright Scholar to Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, Visiting Research Scholar at Columbia University, and software developer at Princeton University. He has also taught at Williams College and Brandeis University. Tamas is the author or co-author of four books.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: A Third-Party Revival? Chapter 1 Unraveling the Conundrum of Third-Party Decline Chapter 2 Duverger's Law and the American Electoral System Chapter 3 The Impact of Ballot Access Laws Chapter 4 The Prohibition of Fusion Chapter 5 Do Primaries Undermine Third Parties? Chapter 6 Co-optation and Third-Party Waves Chapter 7 The Decline and Rise of Political Polarization Chapter 8 The Evolution of Party Resources Conclusion: A Reemergence of Third Parties? Bibliography
Introduction: A Third-Party Revival? Chapter 1 Unraveling the Conundrum of Third-Party Decline Chapter 2 Duverger's Law and the American Electoral System Chapter 3 The Impact of Ballot Access Laws Chapter 4 The Prohibition of Fusion Chapter 5 Do Primaries Undermine Third Parties? Chapter 6 Co-optation and Third-Party Waves Chapter 7 The Decline and Rise of Political Polarization Chapter 8 The Evolution of Party Resources Conclusion: A Reemergence of Third Parties? Bibliography
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