Structure, Process and Party Essays in American Political History

Challenging traditional approaches to the study of American political history, the essays in this book establish the significance of the institutional framework of the electoral system and argue the importance of its interaction with political conditions.

About the author

Peter H. Argersinger is Professor of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus, and a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. A graduate of the University of Kansas, he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Populism and Politics: William A. Peffer and the People's Party and numerous articles on American political and social history and was the recipient of the 1990 Binkley- Stephenson Award of the Organization of American Historians.

Summary

Challenging traditional approaches to the study of American political history, the essays in this book establish the significance of the institutional framework of the electoral system and argue the importance of its interaction with political conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Argersinger Peter H., Peter H. Argersinger
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780873327985
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-798-5
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 cm
• Weight (packing): 453 g
• Subjects: USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, General & world history, United States of America, USA, General and world history, Elections & referenda, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Elections and referenda / suffrage, electoral institutions, Gilded Age Politics, party system evolution, voting behavior analysis, legislative decision making, election law reform, comparative electoral system studies