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Engines of change : party factions in American politics, 1868-2010 /

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This title provides an 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DiSalvo, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:
Political parties > United States > History.
Political parties
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: parties and factions in American politics
  • Introduction: four questions about American party factions
  • Factions and the study of American political parties
  • Conveyor belts of ideas: factions and party ideology
  • Selecting a party leader: factions and presidential nominations
  • Breaking up the party: factions and splinter parties
  • Power distributors: factions in Congress
  • Shaping the situation: factions and the president
  • Factions and American state building
  • Factions, party responsibility, and American institutions.