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The party's just begun : shaping political parties for America's future / Larry J. Sabato, Bruce A. Larson ; with polling by John McLaughlin and Associates.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sabato, Larry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- United States.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Longman, [2001]
- Summary:
- 2X, Sabato, Larry J. and Larson, Bruce, The Party's Just Begun: Shaping Political Parties for America's Future, 2nd Edition*\ The long-awaited revision of Larry Sabato's classic work on political parties in the U.S., "The Party's Just Begun" has been brought completely up-to-date and features a new co-author, Bruce Larson. Analysis of Election 2000 and the parties' roles; new analysis of the Reform Party and its candidates; new polling data from John McLaughlin and Associates; new discussion of campaign finance laws and reform efforts; and new discussion of the effects of debacles like the impeachment of President Clinton on the public's opinion of the parties." For those interested in American politics.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Case for Parties 1
- Party as a Voting and Issue Cue 2
- Mobilizing Support and Aggregating Power 4
- Force for Stability 5
- Unity, Linkage, Accountability 6
- The Electioneering Function 7
- Policy Formulation and Promotion 8
- Promotion of Civic Virtue 12
- A World without Parties 13
- Forces of Decline and Revival 16
- The Definitions of Party 18
- Chapter 2 The Evolving Party 23
- The Inevitability of Party 24
- One-Partyism in American Politics 28
- Third Parties in America 28
- The Basic Structure of American Political Parties 33
- The Party in Government 39
- The Congressional Party 39
- The Presidential Party 48
- The Parties and the Judiciary 54
- The Parties and State Governments 57
- Chapter 3 The Rise of Service-Oriented Party Organizations 69
- The Parties and Campaign Finance 70
- Service-Oriented National Parties: One-Stop Shopping for Party Candidates 74
- Money and the Party of Officeholders: Leadership PACs and Member-to-Candidate Contributions in Congress 84
- The Transfused Revival of State Party Organizations 89
- New Players at the State Level: State Legislative Campaign Committees 91
- Party Organization at the Local Level 93
- Revitalized Party Organizations: The Implications for Politics and Government 95
- Chapter 4 The Parties and the People 107
- Trends in Party Identification 108
- The Subgroup Continuum of Party Loyalty 113
- Ticket-Splitting and Party Voting 121
- Partisan Images and Popular Attitudes 126
- Party Personalities and the Voters 130
- The Public, the Parties, and the Issues 133
- Chapter 5 Realignment: Reality or Reverie? 139
- Realignment and Contemporary Political Conditions 140
- Republican Gains and Democratic Persistence: Realignment Without a Majority? 142
- Realignment's Relevance in an Age of Weakened Party Ties 149
- Chapter 6 Toward Party Renewal, American Style, Part 1 153
- An Agenda for Party Renewal: Party-Initiated Actions
- Ombudsman/Mobile Office Provision 155
- Services to Party Members 159
- Expansion of Party Fundraising, Campaign Services, and Volunteer and Candidate Recruitment 160
- Party Institutional Advertising and Other Generic Party Building Efforts 162
- Party Policy Formulation 164
- More Unpledged, Unbound Delegates 166
- Greater Party Concern for Long-term Public Support 168
- Chapter 7 Toward Party Renewal, American Style, Part II 173
- An Agenda for Party Renewal: Government-Assisted Reforms 174
- Deregulation of Parties 174
- More Conventions and Caucuses, Fewer Primaries 178
- Public Financing Provisions 184
- Free Television and Radio Time 187
- Changes in Federal Campaign Finance Law 189
- Universal Straight-Party Lever 192
- Universal Party Registration 193
- More Partisan Elections 193
- Consolidation of Elections and Governmental Structure 195
- "Sore Loser" Provisions 196
- More Patronage 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 032108912X
- OCLC:
- 46422218
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