The parties respond : changes in American parties and campaigns / [edited by] Mark D. Brewer, L. Sandy Maisel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brewer, Mark D.

Maisel, Louis Sandy, 1945-2024.

Series:

Transforming American Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An updated examination of contemporary issues surrounding party politics in the United States

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1. Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response; 2. The Diminishing Oddness of American Political Parties; 3. Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions; 4. Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization; 5. Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age; 6. National Parties in the Twenty-First Century; 7. Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar

8. Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations9. Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party?; 10. Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation; 11. Congressional Parties and the Policy Process; 12. Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees; 13. American Political Parties in an Age of Polarization; About the Editors and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780429974021

0429974027

9780429494390

0429494394

9780813346014

0813346010

OCLC:

798535410