Placing parties in American politics : organization, electoral settings, and government activity in the twentieth century / David R. Mayhew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayhew, David R., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Other Title:

Placing parties in American politics : organization, electoral settings, and government activity in the 20th century

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This work on the structure of American parties combines the breadth that has been characteristic of voter analyses and the richness found in case studies of local party organizations.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

MAPS

FIGURES

TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I. A Geography of Organization in the Late 1960s

CHAPTER 1. Forms of Organization

CHAPTER 2. Regular Organization States

CHAPTER 3. States with "Persistent Factionalism"

CHAPTER 4. States of the Confederate South

CHAPTER 5. The Northern Tier and Plains States

CHAPTER 6. The Western States

CHAPTER 7. Summary of State Sketches

PART II. Background and Implications

CHAPTER 8. The Historical Background

CHAPTER 9. Environments and Processes

CHAPTER 10. Government Activity

CHAPTER 11. Progressive Reform and the New Deal Coalition

Appendices

APPENDIX A. Candidate Activity in Primaries

APPENDIX B. Expenditure and Revenue Data for 1942

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-691-63868-3

1-4008-5452-0

OCLC:

888214853