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Why parties? : a second look / John H. Aldrich.
Van Pelt Library JK2261 .A458 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldrich, John H., 1947-
- Series:
- Chicago studies in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--United States--History.
- Political parties.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Political parties and democracy
- Politics and parties in America
- Why parties form
- Party formation in America, 1790-1860
- Prologue
- Founding the first parties: institutions and social choice
- Jacksonian democracy: the mass party and collective action
- Whigs and republicans: institutions, issue agendas, and ambition
- The new political party in contemporary America
- Party activists and partisan cleavages
- Political parties and governance
- The critical era of the 1960s
- Conclusions
- Political parties, historical dynamics, and democratic politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226012735
- 0226012735
- 9780226012742
- 0226012743
- OCLC:
- 666234889
- Publisher Number:
- 99943360256
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