The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns

by Brewer,Mark D.

• ISBN13: 9780813346007
• ISBN10: 0813346002
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-08-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As a survey of the most current and significant issues affecting party politics in the United States, The Parties Respondhas become a classic resource for reference and college courses. Mark D. Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel draw together leading scholars to contribute thirteen original essays discussing partisanship in the electorate, parties and the media revolution, the campaign and election process, parties in government, and much more. The fifth edition is significantly revised with twelve new chapters, bringing each of these topics up to date for the modern political arena and highlighting the many changes in party politics over the past ten years.

Author Biography

Mark D. Brewer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine, and he received his Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University. L. Sandy Maisel is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government and director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. xi
Prologue	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response	p. 1
The Diminshing Oddness of American Political Parties	p. 25
Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions	p. 47
Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization	p. 75
Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age	p. 103
National Parties in the Twenty-First Century	p. 133
Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar	p. 161
Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations	p. 181
Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party?	p. 213
Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation	p. 237
Congressinal Parties and the Policy Process	p. 265
Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees	p. 295
American Political Parties in an Age of Polarization	p. 321
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 349
Index	p. 355
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