Dynamics of American political parties / Mark D. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Stonecash.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Brewer, Mark D.
• TeilnehmendeR: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 242 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Democracy, representation, and parties
• Overview : social change and shifting party bases
• Taking shape : party coalitions in the post-bellum nineteenth century
• Republican ascendancy and Democratic efforts to respond, 1896-1928
• Tables turn: the new deal era and Democratic dominance, 1932- 1948
• The Democratic drive to the great society
• Republicans : reasserting conservative principles and seeking a majority
• The struggle of democrats to interpret change and respond
• George Bush and further polarization
• The 2008 election and its interpretation
• Parties and the pursuit of majorities.