Parties and Politics in America / / Clinton Rossiter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Rossiter, Clinton,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)

A distinguished historian and political scientist provides a forthright and objective account of American party politics in this concise and invaluable guide. In vigorous and lively language he examines the two major parties—"the peacemakers of the American community"—describing their historic functions and the way they have helped to achieve national unity.He discusses their make-up, their achievements and failures, the images each has established of itself and of the opposition party. The demographic forces influencing the American voter and the complex question of how the parties actually differ receive thought-provoking treatment.This invigorating analysis of the hard facts of American political life will live far beyond the election year of 1960.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- I. The Pattern of American Politics -- II. The Functions of American Parties -- III. Democrats and Republicans: Who Are They? -- IV. Democrats or Republicans: What Difference Does It Make? -- V. The Future of American Politics -- Notes -- Index