| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 189 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Modern parties are weaker...by modern standards -- What is a strong party? -- The numbers don't add up : parties are losing steam -- Strong presidency + weak Congress = weaker parties -- It's money that matters -- Ways to make parties relevant with voters -- Post industrial America and parties -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
This book studies the history America's political parties and the challenges they face today. In the 2016 primaries the anti-establishment candidates had an early advantage with a wild-card quality that resonated with modern voters, demonstrating how drastically America's political climate has changed and the need for nonpartisan party reform. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political parties -- United States.
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Political parties. |
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United States. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fractured parties Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498539999 (DLC) 2016951398 |
| ISBN |
9781498540001 ebook |
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1498540007 |
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9781498539999 |
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9781498540018 |
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1498539998 |
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