Party Across America

Author : Marjorie Randon Hershey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 113483666X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party Politics in America written by Marjorie Randon Hershey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeenth edition of Party Politics in America continues the comprehensive and authoritative coverage of political parties for which it is known while expanding and updating the treatment of key related topics including interest groups and elections. Marjorie Hershey builds on the book’s three-pronged coverage of party organization, party in the electorate, and party in government and integrates contemporary examples—such as campaign finance reform, party polarization, and social media—to bring to life the fascinating story of how parties shape our political system. New to the 17th Edition Fully updated through the 2016 election, including changes in virtually all of the boxed materials, the chapter openings, and the data presented. Explores increasing partisan hostility, the status of voter ID laws and other efforts to affect voter turnout, young voters' attitudes and participation, and the role of big givers such as the energy billionaire Koch brothers in the 2016 campaigns. Critically examines the idea that Super PACs are replacing, or can replace, the party organizations in running campaigns. New and expanded online Instructor's Resources, including author-written test banks, essay questions, relevant websites with correlated sample assignments, the book’s appendix, and links to a collection of course syllabi.

Author : Judson L. Jeffries
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734930
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Ground written by Judson L. Jeffries and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Panther Party suffers from a distorted image largely framed by television and print media, including the Panthers' own newspaper. These sources frequently reduced the entire organization to the Bay Area where the Panthers were founded, emphasizing the Panthers' militant rhetoric and actions rather than their community survival programs. This image, however, does not mesh with reality. The Panthers worked tirelessly at improving the life chances of the downtrodden regardless of race, gender, creed, or sexual orientation. In order to chronicle the rich history of the Black Panther Party, this anthology examines local Panther activities throughout the United States—in Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; New Orleans, Louisiana; Houston, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Detroit, Michigan. This approach features the voices of people who served on the ground—those who kept the offices in order, prepared breakfasts for school children, administered sickle cell anemia tests, set up health clinics, and launched free clothing drives. The essays shed new light on the Black Panther Party, re-evaluating its legacy in American cultural and political history. Just as important, this volume gives voice to those unsung Panthers whose valiant efforts have heretofore gone unnoticed, unheard, or ignored.

Author : Eleanor Burns
Publisher : Quilt in a Day.
ISBN 13 : 9780922705894
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars Across America written by Eleanor Burns and published by Quilt in a Day.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor's sensational cover quilt is made with Benartex fabrics. The "zinger" is a turkey red paisley fabric from the Woodlands line. The quilt is finished wiht a Four Point star setting.

Author : John Gerring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521785907
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996 written by John Gerring and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1998, presents historical analysis of the ideologies of major American parties from the early-nineteenth century onwards.

Author : Michael F. Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199830893
Total Pages : 1296 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party written by Michael F. Holt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events--like the Annexation of Texas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act--rocked the country. Amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, emerging as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession.

Author : Lee Drutman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190913851
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Two-party Doom Loop written by Lee Drutman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American democracy is in deep crisis. But what do we do about it? That depends on how we understand the current threat.In Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop, Lee Drutman argues that we now have, for the first time in American history, a genuine two-party system, with two fully-sorted, truly national parties, divided over the character of the nation. And it's a disaster. It's a party system fundamentally at odds withour anti-majoritarian, compromise-oriented governing institutions. It threatens the very foundations of fairness and shared values on which our democracy depends.Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting-edge political science research, Drutman tells the story of how American politics became so toxic and why the country is now trapped in a doom loop of escalating two-party warfare from which there is only one escape: increase the numberof parties through electoral reform. As he shows, American politics was once stable because the two parties held within them multiple factions, which made it possible to assemble flexible majorities and kept the climate of political combat from overheating. But as conservative Southern Democrats andliberal Northeastern Republicans disappeared, partisan conflict flattened and pulled apart. Once the parties became fully nationalized - a long-germinating process that culminated in 2010 - toxic partisanship took over completely. With the two parties divided over competing visions of nationalidentity, Democrats and Republicans no longer see each other as opponents, but as enemies. And the more the conflict escalates, the shakier our democracy feels.Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop makes a compelling case for large scale electoral reform - importantly, reform not requiring a constitutional amendment - that would give America more parties, making American democracy more representative, more responsive, and ultimately more stable.

Author : Jack Ross
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1612344909
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Socialist Party of America written by Jack Ross and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A complete history of the Socialist Party of America, beginning with the roots of American Marxism in the nineteenth century"--

Author : Michael Guerriero
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440515921
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party Across America written by Michael Guerriero and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's one awesome time after another as travelers crisscross the country in search of the next great experience. Whether they want to rock out in Tennessee at Bonnaroo or enjoy some "Rocky Mountain oysters" at Montana's Testicle Festival, this is the perfect companion for all travelers looking to have some good ol' American fun. Every entry is suitable for all, young or young at heart, and supplies the pertinent getaway information so they can: Enjoy the snow and sounds of Aspen's Jazz Festival Rev up the party engines at the Indy 500 Experience a swashbuckling good time at Gaspirilla's Pirate Fest Cheer on the horses and sip mint juleps at the Preakness and more! It's all here in a region-by-region breakdown of the country's best celebrations. And it's certain to have travelers packing up for a good time.

Author : Kenneth Finegold
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299147648
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State and Party in America's New Deal written by Kenneth Finegold and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historically grounded and theoretically informed analysis of two major governmental interventions into the US economy--the National Recovery Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Working back and forth between theories of politics in advanced capitalist democracies and the two concrete historical trajectories, the authors' argument is that the origins, implementation, and consequences of the NRA and AAA are best explained with a historical institutionalist, state- and party-centered approach. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John H. Aldrich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226012751
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Parties? written by John H. Aldrich and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline and undertakes a wholesale reexamination of the foundations of the American party system. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties—from their formation in the 1790s to the Civil War—Aldrich shows how they serve to combat three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Aldrich brings this innovative account up to the present by looking at the profound changes in the character of political parties since World War II, especially in light of ongoing contemporary transformations, including the rise of the Republican Party in the South, and what those changes accomplish, such as the Obama Health Care plan. Finally, Why Parties? A Second Look offers a fuller consideration of party systems in general, especially the two-party system in the United States, and explains why this system is necessary for effective democracy.