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Party organization and activism in the American South / / edited by Robert P. Steed [et al.]



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Titolo: Party organization and activism in the American South / / edited by Robert P. Steed [et al.] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
Disciplina: 324.275
Soggetto topico: Political parties - Southern States
Soggetto geografico: Southern States Politics and government 1951-
Altri autori: SteedRobert P  
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Local Political Parties and Party Scholarship; Part One: Individuals in Organizations; 1. Recruiting Activists; 2. Activists' Incentives; 3. Purist versus Pragmatic Orientations; 4. Ambition and Local Party Activists; Part Two: Activities in Organizations; 5. Parties, Ideology, and Issues: The Structuring of Political Conflict; 6. Party Maintenance Activities; 7. Campaign Activities; 8. Communication Patterns; Part Three: Party and the Environment; 9. Factions in the Politics of the New South; 10. Mass/Elite Linkage
11. Strength of Party Attachment 12. Party Activists as Agents of Change: Women, Blacks, and Political Parties in the South; 13. Summing Up: Organization and Activism at the Grassroots Level in the 1990's; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
Sommario/riassunto: These new essays map the ways political parties remain vital components in the American political system, especially in the eleven states in the South. As Tocqueville noted more than 100 years ago, ""No countries need associations more . . . than those with a democratic social state."" Although some contemporary observers see a decline in associations, especially in the political sphere, the contributors in this volume argue not only that political parties remain an essential component of the American political system but also that grassroots political groups have revitalized
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ISBN: 0-8173-8668-8
0-585-14106-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826420703321
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