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The people and the ballot : a history of American party politics

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  • Author: Kaplan, Joshua
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2007
    Summary:

    In this course, University of Notre Dame professor, Joshua Kaplan provides and understanding of how American politics works and can help make sense of election results and political trends.

    Contents:
    • The birth of political parties
    • The origins of the Democratic Party
    • The origins of the Republican Party
    • Third parties in the nineteenth century
    • Third parties in the twentieth century
    • Comparative analysis and party realignment
    • Anti-party reforms
    • The electoral college
    • Reapportionment and redistricting
    • Parties in Congress
    • Party identification
    • The solid south
    • The southern strategy and the transformation of the South
    • The future of the American party system.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Subject(s): History | Political parties | United States
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449899929