The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns

ISBN-13: 9780813346007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 390 str.

Mark D. Brewer; Louis Sandy Maisel

Opis

As a survey of the most current and significant issues affecting party politics in the United States, The Parties Respond has become a standard for reference and college course use. Mark Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel draw together leading scholars for thirteen original essays. The topics addressed include partisanship in the electorate, parties and the media revolution, the campaign and election process, and parties in government. The fifth edition is significantly revised with twelve new chapters, bringing each of these topics up to date for the modern political arena and highlighting the many changes in party politics over the past ten years.

Spis treści

1. Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response --Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Syracuse University 2. The Diminishing Oddness of American Political Parties --Nicol C. Rae, Florida International University 3. Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions --Mark D. Brewer, University of Maine 4. Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization --Marjorie Randon Hershey, Nathaniel Birkhead, and Beth C. Easter, Indiana University 5. Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age --Daniel M. Shea, Allegheny College, J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University, and Michael Wolf, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 6. National Parties in the Twenty-First Century --Paul S. Herrnson, University of Maryland 7. Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar --Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona 8. Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations --Diana Dwyre, California State University 9. Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party? --Walter J. Stone, University of California, Davis, L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College, and Trevor C. Lowman, University of California, Davis 10. Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation --Diana Owen, Georgetown University 11. Congressional Parties and the Policy Process --Sean Theriault and Jonathan Lewallen, University of Texas 12. Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees --G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby College 13. American Political Parties in the Age of Polarization --Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University

O autorze

Mark D Brewer