1 option
Class and party in American politics / Jeffrey M. Stonecash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stonecash, Jeffrey M.
- Series:
- Transforming American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- United States.
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1 Inequality and Political Debate: The Failed Role of Democrats 1
- Conventional Wisdom 2
- Another Look: Reconsidering Political Trends 8
- 2 The Puzzling Survival of Democrats 9
- Long-Term Trends 9
- The Argument 12
- 3 Social Change and Anticipating Party Fortunes 17
- The Presumption of an Emerging Republican Majority 19
- The Persistence of Potential Democratic Issues 27
- 4 Evolving Party Constituencies and Concerns 43
- The 1950s and Early 1960s: Party Differences with Limits 44
- Initiating Change: Chickens and Eggs 48
- Republican Tensions and Change 49
- The Emergence of Conservative Support 54
- Pursuing a Conservative Agenda 58
- The 1994 Election and After 61
- Attracting Conservatives 64
- The Democrats 66
- The 1950s and Early 1960s 66
- The Emergence of a Liberal Agenda 67
- Political Defections and Debating the Party's Focus 68
- Interpreting the Democratic Situation 69
- Liberal Dominance Within the Democratic Party 78
- Summarizing Evolving Party Differences 80
- Current Party Differences 82
- 5 Electoral Response and Realignment 87
- Issue Concerns and Perception of Party Differences 89
- Reactions to the Parties 90
- Presenting Results 91
- Structuring the Analysis 93
- Middle-Class Political Behavior 94
- The South: Net Party Reactions 97
- Net Party Reactions Outside the South 99
- Net Party Reactions: The Nation 101
- Party Voting Patterns 104
- The South 105
- Outside the South 111
- Party-Line Voting and Split-Ticket Voting 114
- 6 Reconsidering Party and Issues in American Politics 123
- The Current and Future Debate 125
- The Turnout Issue 128
- The Role of Other Issues 129
- Appendix The Analysis of Class Divisions in American Politics 141
- Indicators and Different Trends 142
- Neglecting Analyses: Why? 144
- Missed Signals and Bad Luck 145
- Neglecting Class Analyses: The Importance of Other Research 146
- The Measurement of Class 147
- Supporting Evidence: Real Income and Transforming the Public 150
- Supporting Evidence: Intolerance and Doubts About Class Inclination 153
- Distracting Frameworks and Agendas, and the Declining Interest in Constituency-Politician Connections 155
- Consequences 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813397553
- 0813397561
- OCLC:
- 43641218
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.