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The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Politics

ISBN: 9780742553224 | 0742553221
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 7/1/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on American party organizations and activities. With the dual themes of polarization and innovation, the new edition is an essential primer on party politics.
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List of Tables and Figuresix
Acknowledgmentsxv
1 The State of the Parties in a Polarized Nation
1
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
15(20)
A. James Reichley
3 Party Factions in 2004
35(16)
Howard L. Reiter
4 The State of the Party Elites: National Convention Delegates, 1992-2004
51(24)
John S. Jackson III, Nathan S. Bigelow, and John C. Green
5 State Party Activists and State Party Polarization
75(20)
Daniel J. Coffey
Part II Party Resources
6 Committees and Candidates: National Party Finance after BCRA
95(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
References383(26)
Index409(14)
About the Editors and Contributors423


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