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The State of the Parties

by: Green, John Clifford; Coffey, Daniel J.

The State of the Parties

by: Green, John Clifford; Coffey, Daniel J.

ISBN 13:
9780742553224
ISBN 10:
0742553221
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

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Summary

Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between.

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

1 The State of the Parties in a Polarized Nation

Daniel J. Coffey and John C. Green

Part I The Party System

2 The Future of the American Two-Party System in the Twenty-First Century

(20)

A. James Reichley

3 Party Factions in 2004

(16)

Howard L. Reiter

4 The State of the Party Elites: National Convention Delegates, 1992-2004

(24)

John S. Jackson III, Nathan S. Bigelow, and John C. Green

5 State Party Activists and State Party Polarization

(20)

Daniel J. Coffey

Part II Party Resources

6 Committees and Candidates: National Party Finance after BCRA

(18)

Diana Dwyre, Eric Heberlig, Robin Kolodny, and Bruce Larson

7 Surviving BCRA: State Party Finance in 2004

113

(22)

Raymond J. La Raja, Susan E. Orr, and Daniel A. Smith

8 Rally 'round the Flag: When Interest Groups Invite Themselves to the Party

135

(18)

David B. Magleby, J. Quin Monson, and Kelly D. Patterson

9 Deaniacs and Democrats: Howard Dean's Campaign Activists

153

Scott Keeter, Cary Funk, and Courtney Kennedy

Part III Party Activities

10 Machine Politics for the Twenty-First Century? Multilevel Marketing and Party Organizations

173

(14)

Peter Ubertaccio

11 The [Un]coordinated Campaign: The Battle for Mahoning County, Ohio

187

(12)

Melanie J. Blumberg, William C. Binning, and John C. Green

12 Organizational Strength and Campaign Professionalism in State Parties

199

(18)

David A. Dulio and R. Sam Garrett

13 Local Parties and Mobilizing the Vote: The Case of Young Citizens

217

(14)

Daniel M. Shea and John C. Green

Part IV Minor Parties

14 The Dynamic of Third Parties and the Perot Constituency: Twelve Years and Counting

231

(18)

Ronald B. Rapoport and Walter J. Stone

15 The Declining Significance of Ralph

249

(16)

Christian Collet and Jerrold Hansen

Part V Partisanship and the Public

16 The Growing Polarization of American Voters

265

(14)

David C. Kimball and Cassie A. Gross

17 Party Coalitions in the American Public: Morality Politics, Issue Agendas, and the 2004 Election

279

(20)

John R. Petrocik

18 The Rise of the Ideological Voter: The Changing Bases of Partisanship in the American Electorate

299

(18)

Kyle L. Saunders and Alan I. Abramowitz

19 The Rise of the Right: More Conservatives or More Concentrated Conservatism?

317

(14)

Jeffrey M. Stonecash

Part VI Party in Government

20 The Partisan Presidency

331

(12)

Richard M. Skinner

21 Party Leadership in the House of Representatives

343

(12)

R. Lawrence Butler

22 Ten Years after the Revolution: 1994 and Partisan Control of Government

355

(14)

Shannon Jenkins, Douglas D. Roscoe, John P. Frendreis, and Alan R. Gitelson

23 The Courts and Party Systems in 2004: Representation without Competition?

369

(14)

David K. Ryden

References

383

(26)

Index

409

(14)

About the Editors and Contributors

423

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The State of the Parties

The State of the Parties

9780742553224

0742553221

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