The Democratic Party Heads North, 1877–1962
by
Alan Ware
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521858275
ISBN-13
9780521858274
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 2006
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.70 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Political parties
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This book examines how the Democratic party tried to construct a winning electoral coalition between 1877 and 1962. It argues that there was a much greater continuity in the elements of the Democratic coalition from one era to another than is usually believed.
This book examines the dynamics of the American party system and explores how contemporary American politics was formed. Specifically, it asks how the Democrats could become sufficiently competitive in the American North as to be able to construct a national political majority. It rejects the conventional account, based on ''realignment theory'', that between the end of Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Revolution, the base level of support for the Democratic party varied greatly from one era to another. Instead, by distinguishing between the ''building blocks'' available to the Democrats in coalition formation and the aggregation of those ''blocks'' into an actual coalition, the author shows that there was much less variation over time in the available ''blocks'' than is usually argued. Neither the economic depression of 1893 nor the New Deal had the impact on the party system that most political scientists claim.
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