Electoral Realignments - A Critique of an American Genre

Informationen zum Autor David R. Mayhew is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is also the author of America's Congress: Actions in the Public Sphere! James Madison Through Newt Gingrich; Divided We Govern: Party Control! Lawmaking! and Investigations! 1946-1990; and Congress: The Electoral Connection! all available from Yale University Press. Klappentext One of our most influential political scientists shows why realignment theory does not hold up under scrutiny and calls for new ways of thinking about election issues. Zusammenfassung A political scientist argues that the essential claims of realignment theory are wrong - that American elections! parties and policy-making are not! and never were! reconfigured according to the realignment calendar. David Mayhew examines 15 key claims of realignment theory in detail.

Product details

• Authors: David R Mayhew, David R. Mayhew
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2004
• EAN: 9780300093650
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09365-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Yale Institute for Social & Policy Studies; The Institution for Social and Policy Studies; The Institution for Social and Policy Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage