Title The American political party system : continuity and change over ten presidential elections / John S. Jackson.

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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 243 pages :) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Preface -- The evolving American political party system -- Party politics in the reform era -- The era of party reform -- On representation -- On political values -- Party elites and party identifiers -- Party and political history of the delegates -- The candidate and party factions -- Summary and conclusions.
Summary	From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.S. presidency, John S. Jackson''s new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the U.S. government to the formation of today''s political powerhouses, Jackson provides a narrative sweep of American party history like none other. Unique to this book is a detailed breakdown of the evolution of political parties from 1832 to the current era. Jackson explains how the reform era came to be, as well as how it produced the polarized party er.
Subject	Political parties -- United States -- History.
	Two-party systems -- United States -- History.
	Political conventions -- United States -- History.
	Presidents -- United States -- Nomination -- History.
	Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.
	Political culture -- United States -- History.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- General.
	Political conventions. (OCoLC)fst01069234
	Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
	Political parties. (OCoLC)fst01069410
	Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
	Presidents -- Nomination. (OCoLC)fst01075784
	Two-party systems. (OCoLC)fst01745336
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: 9780815726371 0815726376 (DLC) 2014022511
ISBN	0815726384 (electronic bk.)
	9780815726388 (electronic bk.)

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