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Zusatztext Reaching back a century and a half, this work is chock full of interesting information about U.S. party factions. Yes, parties taken alone may be the main game, DiSalvo argues, but we make an analytic mistake by not dwelling enough on the Tea Party, the New Democrats, the Dixiecrats and other eruptions of that sort. Party factions can set policy agendas, throw their weight around in Congress and in presidential nominating, and otherwise make a difference. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor of Political Science, City College of New York (CUNY) Klappentext Engines of Change, which is in the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, provides the first full account of the role of national intra-party "factions" in American politics. Drawing from the last 150 years of American political history, DiSalvo explains how factions have shaped the parties' ideologies, impacted presidential nominations, structured patterns of presidential governance, and impacted the development of the American state. Zusammenfassung In Engines of Change, which is part the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Daniel DiSalvo provides the first full account of the role of these national intra-party "factions" in American politics. A faction, as defined here, is a party sub-unit that has enough ideological consistency, organizational capacity, and temporal durability to sustain intra-party conflict. Drawing from the last 150 years of American political history, DiSalvo explains how factions have shaped the parties' ideologies, impacted presidential nominations, structured patterns of presidential governance, and impacted the development of the American state. He demonstrates that factions can acquire the power to shape the parties' ideologies, impact presidential nominations, structure the patterns of presidential governance, and impact the development of the American state. Indeed, factions are often just as or more important than the parties themselves in driving political change. Sweeping in scope, Engines of Change promises to reshape our understanding of the forces most responsible for driving political change in modern American history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Parties and Factions in American Politics I. Introduction: Four Questions about American Party Factions II. Factions and the Study of American Political Parties III. Conveyor Belts of Ideas: Factions and Party Ideology IV. Selecting a Party Leader: Factions and Presidential Nominations V. Breaking up the Party: Factions and Splinter Parties VI. Power Distributors: Factions in Congress VII. Shaping the Situation: Factions and the President VIII. Factions and American State Building IX. Factions, Party Responsibility, and American Institutions ...
