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How Recent Elections Have Exposed Weaknesses in American Political Parties
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Artikel-Nr:
9781498540001
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
216
Autor:
Anthony Stasi
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book studies the history America’s political parties and the challenges they face today. In the 2016 primaries the anti-establishment candidates had an early advantage with a wild-card quality that resonated with modern voters, demonstrating how drastically America’s political climate has changed and the need for nonpartisan party reform.
America is so ethnically, geographically, socially, and spiritually diverse that a book on party strength in any other country would be less complex. The American state of democracy, however, is a pastiche of culture, economics, and community.
Fractured Parties is a walk through America’s history of political parties, and the difficulty they have in wrangling their candidates today. Parties were never part of the founding fathers’ vision for the country, and yet they developed and remained following George Washington’s presidency. American political parties have experienced weak and strong periods, often depending on the political climate in the United States. Parties have lived through four economic stages in America: pre-revolutionary, post-revolutionary, industrial, and the current post-industrial age. These stages of the economy are closely related to how Americans participate in the political process. Are parties weaker today than they have ever been before? Some scholars will say they are in a period of strength, due to their gravitation to conservative and liberal ideologies. But more Americans are registering as independent voters than ever before. If parties are losing the attention of voters, however, how can academics argue that they are strong?
With more independent voters, candidates have also become more entrepreneurial. The 2016 primaries have shown that the anti-establishment candidates in both parties are at an advantage, at least in the early races. Those independently oriented candidates have a wild card quality that resonates with modern voters today. Can American democracy survive if parties become irrelevant?
Fractured Parties is a walk through America’s history of political parties, and the difficulty they have in wrangling their candidates today. Parties were never part of the founding fathers’ vision for the country, and yet they developed and remained following George Washington’s presidency. American political parties have experienced weak and strong periods, often depending on the political climate in the United States. Parties have lived through four economic stages in America: pre-revolutionary, post-revolutionary, industrial, and the current post-industrial age. These stages of the economy are closely related to how Americans participate in the political process. Are parties weaker today than they have ever been before? Some scholars will say they are in a period of strength, due to their gravitation to conservative and liberal ideologies. But more Americans are registering as independent voters than ever before. If parties are losing the attention of voters, however, how can academics argue that they are strong?
With more independent voters, candidates have also become more entrepreneurial. The 2016 primaries have shown that the anti-establishment candidates in both parties are at an advantage, at least in the early races. Those independently oriented candidates have a wild card quality that resonates with modern voters today. Can American democracy survive if parties become irrelevant?
Preface
Introduction: Modern Parties Are Weaker…By Modern Standards
Chapter 1: What Is A Strong Party?
Chapter 2: The Numbers Don’t Add Up: Parties Are Losing Steam
Chapter 3: Strong Presidency + Weak Congress = Weaker Parties
Chapter 4: It’s Money That Matters
Chapter 5: Ways To Make Parties Relevant With Voters
Chapter 6: Post Industrial America and Parties
Afterword
Introduction: Modern Parties Are Weaker…By Modern Standards
Chapter 1: What Is A Strong Party?
Chapter 2: The Numbers Don’t Add Up: Parties Are Losing Steam
Chapter 3: Strong Presidency + Weak Congress = Weaker Parties
Chapter 4: It’s Money That Matters
Chapter 5: Ways To Make Parties Relevant With Voters
Chapter 6: Post Industrial America and Parties
Afterword