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Two parties-or more? : the American party system / John F. Bibby, L. Sandy Maisel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bibby, John F.
- Series:
- Dilemmas in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--United States--History.
- Political parties.
- Third parties (United States politics).
- History.
- United States.
- Third parties (United States politics)--History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 152 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Co. : Westview Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 Third Parties in American Politics 1
- Varieties and Definitions of Third Parties 6
- Subpresidential Politics 15
- The Dilemma of the Two-Party System 17
- 2 Minor Parties in a Two-Party System: Historical Perspectives 19
- The Emergence of a Party System 24
- The Pre-Civil War Era: Two-Party Competition, Minor Party Eruptions 25
- The Post-Civil War Era: Republican Ascendancy, Sectionalism, Transient Third Parties 29
- The 1896 Election: Electoral Realignment, Republican Resurgence 32
- Progressivism and the Emergence of the New Deal Democratic Coalition 33
- The Ascendancy of the New Deal Democratic Coalition 35
- The Post-New Deal System: Divided Government, Candidate-Centered Politics, Continuing Third-Party and Independent Candidacies 38
- Elections 2000: Reform Party Disintegration and Green Party Emergence 43
- Minor Parties in State Politics 47
- Lessons from Party History 53
- 3 Third Parties in the American Context: A Less Than Friendly Environment 55
- Why Two Major Parties and Not a Multiparty System? 58
- Institutional Barriers to Multiparty Politics 60
- Assessing Public Support for the Republicans and Democrats 72
- Fear of "Wasting" One's Vote: Strategic Voting in Recent Presidential Elections 74
- Multiparty Systems at the State Level: The Overwhelming Tides of National Politics 75
- An Environment Hostile to Third Parties 77
- 4 The Public Demand for Alternatives 79
- Discontent at the Ballot Box with Two-Party Alternatives 81
- Public Opinion on the Performance of Our Two-Party Political System 85
- Politicians' Responses to Public Discontent 88
- Causes of the Dissatisfaction 96
- Consequences of "Alternative" Governments 100
- 5 Political Parties in the Twenty-First Century 105
- The Future of Two-Party Politics in America 107
- A Defense of Two-Party Politics in America 111
- Reforming the Two-Party System 120.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813340306
- 0813340314
- OCLC:
- 49518908
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