Party Politics in America

Marjorie Randon Hershey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

398 Seiten

2017 | 17th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-68368-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The seventeenth edition of Party Politics in America continues the comprehensive and authoritative coverage of political parties for which it is known while expanding and updating the treatment of key related topics including interest groups and elections. Marjorie Hershey builds on the book’s three-pronged coverage of party organization, party in the electorate, and party in government and integrates contemporary examples—such as campaign finance reform, party polarization, and social media—to bring to life the fascinating story of how parties shape our political system.


New to the 17th Edition




Fully updated through the 2016 election, including changes in virtually all of the boxed materials, the chapter openings, and the data presented.
Explores increasing partisan hostility, the status of voter ID laws and other efforts to affect voter turnout, young voters' attitudes and participation, and the role of big givers such as the energy billionaire Koch brothers in the 2016 campaigns.
Critically examines the idea that Super PACs are replacing, or can replace, the party organizations in running campaigns.
New and expanded online Instructor's Resources, including author-written test banks, essay questions, relevant websites with correlated sample assignments, the book’s appendix, and links to a collection of course syllabi.

Autor

Marjorie Randon Hershey is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, USA.

Inhalt

Part I Parties and Party Systems


1. What Are Political Parties?


2. The American Two-Party System


Part II The Political Party as an Organization


3. The State and Local Party Organizations


4. The Parties' National Organizations


5. Party Activists


Part III The Political Party in the Electorate


6. Party Identification


7. Party Coalitions and Party Change


8. Parties and Voter Turnout


Part IV Parties, Nominations, and Elections


9. How Parties Choose Candidates


10. Choosing the Presidential Nominees


11. The General Election


12. Financing the Campaigns


Part V The Party in Government


13. Parties in Congress and State Legislatures


14. The Party in the Executive and the Courts


15. The Semi-Responsible Parties


16. The Place of Parties in American Politics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 39 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Tables, black and white; 39 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 617 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-138-68368-X / 113868368X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-68368-6 / 9781138683686
• Zustand: Neuware