Byron E. Shafer (Madison University of Wisconsin), Regina L. Wagner (University of Alabama)

The Long War over Party Structure

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A blend of historical and contemporary analysis that opens up many of the puzzles - and curses - of modern American politics, for both professional political scientists and interested lay readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781108718868
• ISBN-10: 1108718868
• Artikelnr.: 63460892

Autorenporträt

Byron E. Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was formerly Mellon Professor of American Politics at the University of Oxford from 1984 to 2001. He has written on numerous aspects of the structure of American politics, and he has attended all national party conventions for both parties from 1980 onward.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to a long war: party structure and democratic representation in
American politics; 1. Party structure in theory and in practice: organized
parties, volunteer parties, and their evolution; 2. Party structure and
representational impact: public preferences on social welfare and civil
rights; 3. Party structure and representational impact: cultural values,
comprehensive ideologies, and national security; 4. A conclusion to the
long war? Party structure and policy responsiveness; Afterword: a newer
'new politics'? Party structure in modern dress.