LEADER 03577nam 22006492 450 001 9910454556503321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a0-511-69897-6 010 $a1-107-19998-0 010 $a0-511-80542-X 010 $a0-511-59346-5 010 $a0-511-65138-4 010 $a0-511-59253-1 010 $a0-511-59539-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000784197 035 $a(EBL)451950 035 $a(OCoLC)609842941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10287603 035 $a(PQKB)10656393 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511805424 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC451950 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL451950 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329727 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL239335 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000784197 100 $a20101021d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDynamics of American political parties /$fMark D. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Stonecash$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-70887-7 311 $a0-521-88230-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDemocracy, representation, and parties -- Overview : social change and shifting party bases -- Taking shape : party coalitions in the post-bellum nineteenth century -- Republican ascendancy and Democratic efforts to respond, 1896-1928 -- Tables turn: the new deal era and Democratic dominance, 1932- 1948 -- The Democratic drive to the great society -- Republicans : reasserting conservative principles and seeking a majority -- The struggle of democrats to interpret change and respond -- George Bush and further polarization -- The 2008 election and its interpretation -- Parties and the pursuit of majorities. 330 $aDynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics. Parties and the politicians that comprise them seek control of government in order to implement their visions of proper public policy. To gain control parties need to win elections, and winning elections requires assembling an electoral coalition that is larger than that crafted by the opposition. Uncertainty rules and intra-party conflict rages as different factions and groups within the parties debate the proper course(s) of action and battle it out for control of the party. Parties can never be sure how their strategic maneuvers will play out, and, even when it appears that a certain strategy has been successful, party leaders are unclear about how long apparent success will last. Change unfolds slowly, in fits and starts. 606 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1933 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory. 676 $a324.273 700 $aBrewer$b Mark D.$0916087 702 $aStonecash$b Jeffrey M. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454556503321 996 $aDynamics of American political parties$92467975 997 $aUNINA