Changing party coalitions : the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment /

Where did the so-called Red states and Blue states come from? Prof. Jerry F. Hough observes that the historic Democratic-Republican party alignment was based on the great conflict between the North and the South, which itself was based and on the hostile European-American races. Both of these confli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hough, Jerry F., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Agathon, ©2006.
Temas:
Party affiliation > United States.
Partis politiques > Adhésion > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Party affiliation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War
  • The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North
  • The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race
  • The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race
  • The institutional base for realignment
  • The origins of the Republican red-state strategy
  • The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy
  • The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism
  • Conclusion.

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