Party coalitions in the 1980s / Seymour Martin Lipset, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lipset, Seymour Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Party affiliation--United States.

Party affiliation.

United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California ; London, [England] ; New York, New York : Institute for Contemporary Studies : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"The election of 1980 did more than break the Democrats' control of the White House and Congress. It also shattered some important assumptions about the character of our voting coalitions and the condition of our political parties. It opened some possibilities for the remainder of the century that had not been there before." These reflections by David S. Broder in the introduction to Party Coalitions in the 1980s are echoed in the essays of the twenty-one scholars, party leaders, and candidates in the volume. This book presents a detailed and lively discussion of the past history, present significance, and future implications of coalitions in the American two-party political system. Patrick H. Caddell observed that "Reagan has skillfully huddled a variety of conservative program and issue initiatives under the umbrella of'economic revitalization.'" In that vein, Richard B. Wirthlin argued that "the 1980 presidential election should be viewed as a major ... opportunity to redraft the policy agenda of this country." Realizing that change is one of the few constants in politics, Lipset and his colleagues set forth strategies and guideposts for Republicans and Democrats who sought to build winning coalitions for the elections of the 1980s.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

Foreword

I. Background and Issues

1 Introduction

2 Party Coalitions and the 1980 Election

3 The Two-Party System: A Personal Reflection

II. The Party Systems

4 Party Coalitions and the Search for Modem Values: 1820-1970

5 Coalitional and Party Transformations in the 1890s

6 Party Coalitions in the Early Twentieth Century

7 The Shifting Party Coalitions-from the 1930s to the 1970s

III. Contemporary Politics

8 Coalition and Faction in American Politics: An Institutional View

9 Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Conservatives

IV. The 1980 Campaign

10 The Republican Strategy and Its Electoral Consequences

11 The Democratic Strategy and Its Electoral Consequences

V. Realignment in the 1980 Election

12 Catholics and the Democrats: Estrangement but Not Desertion

13 Jewish Political Shift? Erosion, Yes

Conversion, No

14 Decay in Regional Party Coalitions: 1952-1980

VI The Future of American Politics

15 Developing a "Grand Coalition

16 Toward Confrontation?

17 The Prospects for Reaganomics

18 More Independent Presidential Candidacies?

19 The New American Majority

20 The Republican Prospects

VII Conclusion

21 The American Party System: Concluding Observations

NOTES

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-50077-5

OCLC:

993780872