Screen LibraryDynamics of American political parties
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 242 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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9780521882309 (hardback) 0521882303 (hardback) 9780521708876 (pbk.) 0521708877 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D771 |
| CLC: | D771.29 |
| Call Number: | D771.29/B847 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Democracy, representation, and parties -- Overview : social change and shifting party bases -- Taking shape : party coalitions in the post-bellum nineteenth century -- Republican ascendancy and Democratic efforts to respond, 1896-1928 -- Tables turn: the new deal era and Democratic dominance, 1932- 1948 -- The Democratic drive to the great society -- Republicans : reasserting conservative principles and seeking a majority -- The struggle of democrats to interpret change and respond -- George Bush and further polarization -- The 2008 election and its interpretation -- Parties and the pursuit |