New Party Politics From Jefferson and Hamilton to the Information Age

, by White, John Kenneth; Shea, Daniel M.

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ISBN: 9780534560232 | 0534560237
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Copyright: 6/23/2003

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The authors of this fresh text on American political parties employ an engaging writing style, a strong historical foundation, and a new analogy for understanding party systems in a compelling textbook. White and Shea trace the evolution of parties from the late 18th century through the Information Age, examining the impact of new information technologies throughout the text.

PREFACE

xiii

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

xvi

INTRODUCTION: RETHINKING POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE

(15)

Notes

(3)

1 POLITICAL PARTIES IN AN AMERICAN SETTING

(23)

Political Parties: Institutions Americans Love to Hate

(4)

Comparatively Speaking: Political Party Development in a Comparative Setting

(3)

Praise from the Ivory Tower

(1)

Politics without Parties

(1)

The Parties Speak: Gejdenson versus White on the Importance of Political Parties

(1)

Three Important Party Distinctions

(1)

How Parties Differ from Other Organizations

(1)

The Components of American Political Parties

(1)

Does the Tripod Work in the Information Age?

(3)

What Do Political Parties Seek to Accomplish?

(3)

The Battle of the Titans: Hamilton versus Jefferson

(4)

Like God, Parties Are Not Dead

(1)

Further Reading

(1)

Notes

(2)

2 THE ASCENDANCE OF PARTY POLITICS

(25)

The Pre-Party Era

(1)

The Colonial Experience

(5)

Comparatively Speaking: Comparing Representation and the Bases for Party Competition

(2)

Nascent Parties: Federalists versus Republicans

(4)

Party Rule: 1824-1912

(2)

Breakdown and Renewal: The Election of 1824

(1)

The Jackson-Van Buren Alliance

(1)

The Rise of Mass-Based Politics and the Emergence of the Spoils System

(2)

The Interregnum: Parties and the Civil War

(2)

The Coming of the Machine

(4)

The Parties Speak: A Day in the Life of Party Boss George Washington Plunkitt

(1)

The Parties Speak: Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard J. Daley on Patronage

(1)

Parties "American Style"

(1)

Further Reading

(1)

Notes

(2)

3 THE DECLINE OF PARTY POLITICS

(37)

Comparatively Speaking: Dealignment and Party Decline in Different Settings

(2)

"Clean It Up!": The Progressive Movement

(1)

Enter the Progressives

(10)

The Parties Speak: Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. "The Menace of the Machine" (1897)

(6)

Why the Progressive Movement Was Successful

(3)

An End to Party Politics?

(2)

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

(1)

The New Deal and Party Politics

(1)

Political Parties and the Cold War

(2)

The Rise of Interest Groups

(1)

The Interest Group Explosion

(2)

The Rise of Candidate-Centered Politics

(1)

Party Activist versus Professional Consultant

(2)

The Parties Speak: Ed Rollins and the "Campaign from Hell"

(1)

Party Member versus Nonpartisan Candidate

(1)

Party Affiliation versus Voting Choice

(1)

A Partyless Age?

(4)

The Parties Speak: "Mr. Mayor, You Could Have Used a Machine"

(3)

Further Reading

(1)

Notes

(2)

4 PARTY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

101

(27)

Comparatively Speaking: The Greens and Party (Dis)Organization

103

(2)

Organizational Adjustment and Growth

105

(1)

The Rebirth of the Republican National Committee

106

(2)

The Democratic National Committee Plays Catch-Up

108

(1)

New Technologies in the Information Age

109

(2)

Summary

111

(1)

The Emergence of Legislative Campaign Committees

112

(1)

The Hill Committees

113

(2)

State Legislative Campaign Committees

115

(3)

The Parties Speak: Congressman David Price on the Role of Party in Campaigns

116

(2)

Wither the Local Parties?

118

(1)

Evidence of Local Party Renewal

118

(4)

The Parties Speak: Party Leaders Voice Concerns about Legislative Campaign Committees

119

(3)

Evidence of Local Party Decline

122

(1)

Revivalists versus Declinists

122

(3)

Conclusion

125

(1)

Further Reading

125

(1)

Notes

126

(2)

5 NOMINATING PRESIDENTS IN THE INFORMATION AGE

128

(37)

What Kind of President?

129

(5)

From John Adams to George W. Bush: The Problem of Presidential Selection

134

(8)

The Parties Speak: Alexander Hamilton on Choosing an American President

135

(3)

The Parties Speak: Politics Drowns in a Sea of Reforms

138

(2)

Comparatively Speaking: Nominating Candidates: Contrasting U.S. Democrats with German Social Democrats

140

(2)

Hamilton's Family versus Jefferson's Community

142

(1)

The King-Making Caucuses

142

(1)

Enter the Party Conventions

142

(3)

The Rise of Haeliltonian Nationalism

145

(1)

The McGovern-Fraser Commission

146

(7)

The Parties Speak: Newsweek's Evan Thomas Reflects on Robert F. Kennedy's Life and Legacy

148

(5)

Are Primaries and Caucuses Representative?

153

(1)

Republicans Follow the McGovern-Fraser Lead

154

(3)

The Unintended Consequences of the McGovern-Fraser Reforms

157

(1)

The Mikulski and Winograd Commissions

158

(1)

Enter the Superdelegates

159

(1)

Looking to 2004

160

(2)

Further Reading

162

(1)

Notes

163

(2)

6 PARTY BRAND LOYALTY AND THE AMERICAN VOTER

165

(37)

Comparatively Speaking: Party Identification-Is There Brand Loyalty Elsewhere?

167

(3)

The Importance of Party Identification

170

(3)

Measuring Party Identification

173

(2)

Is Party Identification Obsolete?

175

(1)

The Making of an Idea: Party Realignment

175

(1)

V.O. Key and Party Realignment

176

(4)

The Parties Speak: V.O. Key and the Theory of Party Realignment

177

(3)

Party Realignment: The Death of a Concept?

180

(5)

The Parties Speak: Everett C. Ladd, "Like Waiting for Godot, the Uselessness of Party Realignment"

184

(1)

Where Are the Voters Going?

185

(1)

The End of the New Deal Coalition

186

(1)

Here Come the Ticket-Splitters

186

(2)

Party Coalitions during the George W. Bush Era

188

(2)

The Gender Gap

190

(4)

Divided Government

194

(3)

What's Left for the Parties?

197

(1)

Further Reading

198

(1)

Notes

198

(4)

7 STATE AND LOCAL PARTIES: "MOM AND POP" SHOPS IN THE INFORMATION AGE

202

(36)

State and Local Parties in the Information Age

204

(1)

Regulating State Parties

204

(1)

Party Structure

205

(6)

Comparatively Speaking: Regionalism and Political Parties

206

(5)

A Network of Allied Party Groups

211

(2)

Who Belongs?

213

(1)

Primary Voters

214

(2)

The Blanket Primary Controversy

216

(3)

Officials in the Party Organization

219

(2)

Activists

221

(1)

Summary

221

(1)

Local Political Culture

221

(4)

The Parties Speak: The "Amateur Democrats"

224

(1)

What State and Local Parties Do

225

(1)

Manifest Party Functions

225

(2)

State Parties in Legislative Campaigns

227

(2)

State and Local Parties, Computers, and the Internet

229

(1)

Desktop Tools

229

(1)

State Parties on the Internet

229

(1)

Computers and Money to the Rescue?

230

(4)

Appendix: Democratic and Republican State Committee Web Sites, Spring 2003

234

(1)

Further Reading

235

(1)

Notes

235

(3)

8 CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND INFORMATION AGE POLITICAL PARTIES

238

(40)

A Brief Look at Money in Elections

240

(1)

Phase 1: Money as a Supplement to Party Activities (1790's to 1880's)

240

(1)

Phase 2: The Rise of Corporate Politics (1880's to 1950's)

241

(2)

Phase 3: Media-Centered Elections (1960's to the Present)

243

(3)

Comparatively Speaking: Comparative Campaign Finance

245

(1)

Efforts to Regulate the Flow of Money in Elections

246

(2)

Meaningful Reform: Watergate and Federal Reforms

248

(2)

A Challenge in the Courts: Buckley v. Valeo

250

(2)

The Rise of PACs

252

(2)

Creative Party Finances in the Information Age

254

(3)

The Parties Speak: Buying Loyalty: Bill Frist Has Relied on Money as Much as Charm to Make Political Friends

256

(1)

Issue Advocacy

257

(1)

Independent Expenditures

258

(2)

Hard and Soft Money

260

(2)

Transfers to State Party Committees

262

(1)

McCain and Feingold Have Their Day: Reforming the Reforms

263

(11)

The Parties Speak: The Debate on Campaign Finance Reform

265

(9)

The Future of Party Finance in America

274

(1)

Further Reading

275

(1)

Notes

276

(2)

9 ELECTED OFFICIALS: THE RELUCTANT SALES FORCE OF THE PARTY SYSTEM

278

(27)

The Parties Speak: The 1994 House Republicans' Contract with America

280

(1)

The President as Party Leader

281

(2)

The Party in Congress

283

(8)

Comparatively Speaking: From Elections to Governing: Government Coalition Formation

286

(3)

The Parties Speak: Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System

289

(2)

The Contract with America

291

(6)

The Parties Speak: Constance Morella on the Rise of Partisanship in the House of Representatives

296

(1)

The Rise of the Public Speakership

297

(2)

Congress and the "Little Arts of Popularity"

299

(4)

Further Reading

303

(1)

Notes

303

(2)

10 THIRD PARTIES AND THE INFORMATION AGE: THE ORPHANS OF AMERICAN POLITICS

305

(47)

The Third-Party Paradox

308

(4)

Comparatively Speaking: Does Minor Party Success Elsewhere Suggest Third-Party Success Here?

310

(2)

Institutional Barriers

312

(6)

American Political Culture

318

(3)

The Momentum of History

321

(4)

The Parties Speak: Benjamin C. Bubar, 1976 and 1980 Prohibition Party Presidential Nominee

323

(2)

Significant Third Parties in American History

325

(1)

The Anti-Mason Party

326

(1)

The Free-Soil Party

326

(1)

The American (Know-Nothing) Party

327

(1)

The Greenback and Populists (People's) Parties

328

(2)

The Progressives: 1912-1924

330

(2)

The Parties Speak: William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech Presented to the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 8, 1896

331

(1)

Henry Wallace and the Progressive Party of 1948

332

(2)

State's Rights Party (1948) and the American Independent Party (1968)

334

(1)

The Reform Party

335

(1)

The Green Party

336

(3)

The Parties Speak: A Conversation between Ralph Nader and The American Prospect Magazine Editor Robert Kuttner

337

(2)

Third Parties in the Information Age

339

(1)

An Explosion of Minor Parties

339

(2)

Changes in Voter Attitudes toward Minor Parties

341

(2)

Minor Parties and the Internet

343

(2)

Jefferson, Hamilton, and the Future of Third Parties in America

345

(3)

The Parties Speak: Ventura Win Marks Dawn of New Era: Age of Digital Politics

346

(2)

Further Reading

348

(1)

Notes

348

(4)

CONCLUSION: HAMILTON'S TRIUMPH AND THE ADVENT OF THE "BASE-LESS" PARTY SYSTEM

352

(17)

The 2002 Election and the "Base-Less" Party System

357

(4)

Comparatively Speaking: Conclusion

361

(3)

Party Politics in the Twenty-First Century

364

(1)

Voter Trends

364

(1)

Organizational Developments

364

(1)

Legislative Politics

365

(1)

New Laws

365

(1)

Minor Parties

365

(1)

Notes

366

(3)

INDEX

369

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