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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154302003321

Autore

Masket Seth E

Titolo

The inevitable party : why attempts to kill the party system fail and how they weaken democracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-060844-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

324.273

Soggetti

Political parties - History - 20th century - United States

Progressivism (United States politics) - History - 20th century - United States

Political culture - History - 20th century

U.S. states - Politics and government

Political Rights - U.S

Government - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a study of antiparty reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out parties. The text investigates several of these antiparty reform efforts - from open primaries to campaign finance restrictions to nonpartisan legislatures - using legislative roll call votes, campaign donations patterns, and extensive interviews with local political elites.