02488nam 2200553Ia 450 991077854950332120230617041233.097866124079182-7598-5363-21-282-40791-0(CKB)1000000000808078(SSID)ssj0000435864(PQKBManifestationID)11311422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435864(PQKBWorkID)10425257(PQKB)11677232(MiAaPQ)EBC495239(Au-PeEL)EBL495239(CaPaEBR)ebr10349387(CaONFJC)MIL240791(OCoLC)652448273(EXLCZ)99100000000080807820050511d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrElephant's edge[electronic resource] the Republicans as a ruling party /Andrew J. Taylor ; foreword by Norman J. OrnsteinWestport, CT Praeger Publishersc 2005xvii, 319 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-275-98536-9 0-313-04295-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-301) and index.American party politics today -- Uneven playing field: the constitutional and geographical origins of the Republican advantage -- Elephants in the House: after forty years in the wilderness -- Playing the democrats at their own game -- Governing stealthily: Republicans in the states and the courts -- Trapping the donkey: foreign policy as Republican advantage -- Trapping the donkey again: domestic policy as Republican advantage -- The well-oiled machine: the Republican Party organization -- Allied interests, and political money -- Winning hearts and minds: the media and the Republican ideas industry -- Social, economic, and attitudinal change as Republican advantage: public opinion and the politics of wealth, work faith, and race -- The Republicans as a ruling (not majority) party.Political partiesUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009Political parties324.2734/09/0511Taylor Andrew J.1966-1525662Ornstein Norman J1093192MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778549503321Elephant's edge3767195UNINA