Why parties?: a second look

by Aldrich, John Herbert

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Title Statements

Full title :Why parties? : a second look / John H. Aldrich.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago, Il
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 387 p. : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0226012735, 9780226012735, 0226012743, 9780226012742
oclc:ocn752898810
LC Classification:JK2261
Dewey Decimal:324.273

Political parties and democracy -- Politics and parties in America -- Why parties form -- Party formation in America, 1790-1860 -- Prologue -- Founding the first parties: institutions and social choice -- Jacksonian democracy: the mass party and collective action -- Whigs and republicans: institutions, issue agendas, and ambition -- The new political party in contemporary America -- Prologue -- Party activists and partisan cleavages in contemporary elections -- Political parties and governance -- The critical era of the 1960s -- Conclusions -- Political parties, historical dynamics, and democratic politics.

Subjects

15.85 history of America 89.61 political parties History Political parties Political parties -- History. -- United… Politieke partijen United States United States -- Politics and government Verenigde Staten