Long War Over Party Structure - Democratic Representation Policy Responsiveness in American Politics

Discusses the structure of political parties in order to help understand modern American politics.

List of contents

Preface to a long war: party structure and democratic representation in American politics; 1. Party structure in theory and in practice: organized parties, volunteer parties, and their evolution; 2. Party structure and representational impact: public preferences on social welfare and civil rights; 3. Party structure and representational impact: cultural values, comprehensive ideologies, and national security; 4. A conclusion to the long war? Party structure and policy responsiveness; Afterword: a newer 'new politics'? Party structure in modern dress.

About the author

Byron E. Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was formerly Mellon Professor of American Politics at the University of Oxford from 1984 to 2001. He has written on numerous aspects of the structure of American politics, and he has attended all national party conventions for both parties from 1980 onward.Regina L. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Her work focuses on political representation, gender and politics, legislative politics, and political parties. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2018.

Summary

A blend of historical and contemporary analysis that opens up many of the puzzles - and curses - of modern American politics, for both professional political scientists and interested lay readers.

Product details

• Authors: Byron E. Shafer, Byron E. (University of Wisconsin Shafer, Shafer Byron E., Regina L. Wagner, Regina L. (University of Alabama) Wagner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108484916
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48491-6
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, United States of America, USA, Political parties and party platforms