Party On!: Political Parties from Hamilton and Jefferson to Trump

ISBN-13: 9781138103047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 230 str.

John Kenneth White; Matthew R. Kerbel

Opis

From the days of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, to the 2016 campaign featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, America's political parties have faced challenges and reinvented themselves using old values to make themselves new again. The 2016 campaign brought an extraordinary new set of challenges which today's parties must overcome. History suggests they will prevail, but nothing is certain. What is clear is that the ability of the two major parties to adapt to new circumstances, positions, and technologies will determine our political future.

Recenzje

Praise for the Second Edition

Super PACs, mega-donors, grassroots activists fueled by social media, a Twitter-crazed president, and alternative facts. Where are the political parties in this unstable and occasionally toxic mixture? John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel give us an excellent analysis and keen insight into today’s national political parties. This new edition of their important book is highly recommended.

Dennis W. Johnson, George Washington University

In this excellent new edition of their book, White and Kerbel once again demonstrate that change can only be appreciated and understood in the context of what has come before. In the era of Donald Trump and social media, Democrats and Republicans both face a myriad of new challenges. The authors present historical context to establish convincingly that, in many ways, we’ve been here before and the parties have managed to adapt. In spite of all the new challenges, they remain optimistic that the parties – and the democracy they serve – can and will weather the current storms.

Robert Harmel, Texas A&M University

This new edition by White and Kerbel is an expert effort to explain the bewildering changes in party politics in the age of Trump. As – or if – we recover our bearings, we will gain much from their historical and empirical pathways through America's new and unexplored terrain.

Gerald Pomper, Rutgers University

 

O autorze

John Kenneth White is Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. His most recent book is What Happened to the Republican Party?: And What It Means for American Presidential Politics.

Matthew R. Kerbel is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Villanova University. His most recent book is Next Generation Netroots: Realignment and the Rise of the Internet Left.