The Republican Evolution : : From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020 / / Kenneth Janda.

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and its spread to new territories and states. Today, under the sway of Donald Trump, it is hardly recognizable as the party of Lincoln or even the party of Eisenhower. How and why has the Republican Party changed so drastically?Kenneth Janda...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 40 b&w figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • A NOTE ON THE COVER
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRINCIPLES
  • 1 POLITICAL PARTIES
  • 2 GOVERNMENT BENEFITS
  • 3 PARTY PLATFORMS AND PRINCIPLES
  • PART II. REPUBLICAN PARTY PLANKS
  • 4 BEYOND LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE
  • 5 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM PLANKS SINCE 1856
  • PART III. PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICANISM
  • 6 ORIGINAL PRINCIPLES
  • 7 FINANCING GOVERNMENT
  • 8 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
  • 9 LAW AND ORDER
  • 10 CULTURE AND ORDER
  • 11 CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATIVES
  • 12 ELECTIONS
  • 13 EVOLVING TO ETHNOCENTRISM
  • PART IV. REPUBLICANS AS TEAM, TRIBE, AND CULT
  • 14 ELECTORAL TEAMS
  • 15 THE POLITICAL TRIBE
  • 16 THE PERSONALITY CULT
  • PART V. REPUBLICAN RESTORATION
  • 17 THE PARTY IN PERIL
  • 18 A REPUBLICAN EPIPHANY
  • EPILOGUE: THE NEXT REPUBLICAN ERA
  • Appendix A: Validating the Coding
  • Appendix B: Accounting for All 2,722 Republican Platform Planks
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index