American Political Parties and Constitutional Politics

by Schramm, Peter W.

• ISBN13: 9780847678204
• ISBN10: 0847678202
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-03-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

To address the growing concern about the decline of political parties in American politics and the consequences this might have for America's constitutional democracy, the twelve leading constitutional scholars who contribute to this volume examine the purposes of political parties in America's constitutional order, each major party's strongest recent manifestation-the Democrat's New Deal coalition and the Republican's Reagan coalition, and the future of the American party system. Sponsored by the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs.

Table of Contents

Preface
Political Parties and American Constitutionalism	p. 1
Political Parties and the American Founding	p. 17
Lincoln and the Republican Realignment	p. 45
Representation, Deliberation, and Presidential Nominations: Improving the Performance of American Political Parties	p. 63
Political Parties Across the Separation of Powers	p. 75
The Post New Deal Democratic Party	p. 91
Frames, Wedges, Magnets, and Silver Bullets: Republican Strategies	p. 119
The New Deal, Party Politics, and the Administrative State	p. 141
The New Deal Revaluation of Partisanship	p. 181
Political Parties and the New Deal	p. 209
Political Parties, The Constitution, and the Future of American Politics	p. 229
Contributors	p. 249
Index	p. 251
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