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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777545703321

Autore

Hough Jerry F. <1935->

Titolo

Changing party coalitions [[electronic resource] ] : the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment / / Jerry F. Hough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Agathon Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-39552-8

9786611395520

0-87586-409-0

0-87586-408-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

324.273/11

Soggetti

Party affiliation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War -- The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North -- The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race -- The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race -- The institutional base for realignment -- The origins of the Republican red-state strategy -- The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy -- The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Where did the "Red" states and "Blue" states come from? Jerry F. Hough, professor on the US Presidency at Duke University, looks at the American experience and examines the fundamental change in party alignment that took place in the second half of the 20