Party Coalitions in the 1980s

ISBN-13: 9780917616433 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 491 str.

Lipset;Professor Seymour Martin Lipset

Opis

"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.

Spis treści

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 Modern 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

O autorze

Seymour Lipset