LEADER 03000oam 2200625I 450 001 9910462406503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-60692-5 010 $a9786613919373 010 $a1-136-33921-3 010 $a0-203-12344-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203123447 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242296 035 $a(EBL)1024634 035 $a(OCoLC)811506238 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10789664 035 $a(PQKB)11075902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024634 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603676 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391937 035 $a(OCoLC)823377090 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242296 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacaarier 200 10$aUnderstanding American political parties $edemocratic ideals, political uncertainty and strategic positioning /$fJeffrey M. Stonecash 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-50843-6 311 $a0-415-50844-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Democracy and the ideal role of political parties -- 2. Enduring doubts about political parties -- 3. Notions of party and conflict -- 4. Shifting electoral bases -- 5. Conflicting interpretations of change -- 6. The lack of a majority -- 7. Continuing social change and events -- 8. Voters, partisanship and the media -- 9. Enduring uncertainty and troubling behaviors -- 10. Pursuing coalitions and an identity : long-term strategies -- 11. Disparaging the other party : short-term strategies -- 12. Democracy and the continuous campaign. 330 $aHow do parties respond to the electorate and craft winning strategies? In the abstract parties are the vehicles to make democracy work, but it is often difficult to see the process working as well as we think it might. Indeed, voters often struggle to see parties as the valuable vehicles of representation that so many academics describe. There is a clear discrepancy between the ideal expressed in many textbooks and the reality that we see playing out in politics. Noted scholar Jeffrey Stonecash gives us a big picture analysis that helps us understand what is happening in contemporary 606 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a324.273 700 $aStonecash$b Jeffrey M.$0857274 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462406503321 996 $aUnderstanding American political parties$92044121 997 $aUNINA