{"product_id":"dynamics-of-the-party-system-alignment-and-realignment-of-political-parties-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames L. Sundquist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the original edition of \u003ci\u003eDynamics of the Party System\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1973, American politics have continued on a tumultuous course. In the vacuum left by the decline of the Democratic and Republican parties, single-interest groups have risen and flourished. Protest movements on the left and the New Right at the opposite pole have challenged and divided the major parties, and the Reagan Revolution--in reversing a fifty-year trend toward governmental expansion--may turn out to have revolutionized the party system too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition, as in the first, current political trends and events are placed in a historical and theoretical context. Focusing upon three major realignments of the past--those of the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1930s--Sundquist traces the processes by which basic transformations of the country's two-party system occur. From the historical case studies, he fashions a theory as to the why and how of party realignment, then applies it to current and recent developments, through the first two years of the Reagan presidency and the midterm election of 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theoretical sections of the first edition are refined in this one, the historical sections are revised to take account of recent scholarship, and the chapters dealing with the postwar period are almost wholly rewritten. The conclusion of the original work is, in general, confirmed: the existing party system is likely to be strengthened as public attention is again riveted on domestic economic issues, and the headlong trend of recent decades toward political independence and party disintegration reversed, at least for a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. Sundquist\u003c\/b\u003e is senior fellow emeritus in the Governmental Studies program at Brookings and the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Reform and Effective Government \u003c\/i\u003e(Brookings, rev. ed., 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 484\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.14 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751712293152,"sku":"9780815782254","price":48.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bab9fdc6323c7583700699f3b7459922.webp?v=1779978369","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dynamics-of-the-party-system-alignment-and-realignment-of-political-parties-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}