Voters, Elections, and Parties

by Pomper, Gerald M.

• ISBN13: 9780887381607
• ISBN10: 088738160X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-06-01
• Publisher: Transaction Pub

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction: The Practice of Democratic Theory	1	(28)
Part I: Voters
From Confusion to Clarity: Issues and American Voters	29	(21)
From Confusion to Clarity: In Retrospect	50	(2)
Variability in Electoral Behavior	52	(16)
Sex, Voting, and War	68	(26)
Ethnic and Group Voting in Nonpartisan Municipal Elections	94	(18)
The Impact of The American Voter on Political Science	112	(19)
Part II: Elections
The Concept of Elections in Political Theory	131	(12)
``If Elected, I Promise'': American Party Platforms	143	(31)
Classification of Presidential Elections	174	(29)
Future Southern Congressional Politics	203	(11)
Nixon and the End of Presidential Politics	214	(4)
The Presidential Election of 1984	218	(35)
Part III: Parties
The Contribution of Political Parties to American Democracy	253	(17)
Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System?	270	(12)
The Decline of Partisan Politics	282	(23)
The Nomination of Hubert Humphrey for Vice-President	305	(17)
New Rules and New Games in Presidential Nominations	322	(19)
``Democracy'' in British Political Parties	341	(39)
Party Politics in 1984	380	(11)
Strengthening the Political Parties	391