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Challengers to duopoly : why third parties matter in American two-party politics /

"An overview of third parties in the American political system"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillespie, J. David, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1: Duopoly and its Challengers
  • 2: Protecting Major-Party Turf
  • 3: On the Outside, Looking In
  • 4: Constitutionalists, Greens, and Libertarians
  • 5: The Early Years: Short-Lived Parties before 1860
  • 6: Union, Reform, and Class: Short-Lived Parties, 1860-1908
  • 7: Thunder Left and Right: Short-Lived Parties, 1912-1960s
  • 8: George Wallace and Beyond: Short-Lived Parties, 1968 and After
  • 9: The New Independents: The Anderson and Perot Movements
  • 10: Taking the Less-Traveled Road: Women, African Americans, Latinos
  • 11: Doctrinal Parties 1: The Socialists and Communists
  • 12: Doctrinal Parties 2: The Neo-Nazis
  • 13: State/Local Significant Others
  • 14: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The Third-Party Legacy and the Future
  • Appendix 1: Web Sites of Nonmajor Parties and Related Information Sources
  • Appendix 2: Minor-Party and Independent Candidates Receiving More Than 1 Percent of Popular Vote for President
  • Appendix 3: Candidates and Votes for President, 2008
  • Appendix 4: Third-Party and Independent Gubernatorial Popular Elections
  • Appendix 5: Third-Party Presence (Excluding Independents) at Opening Sessions of the U.S. Congress
  • Appendix 6: Post-World War II Third-Party and Independent Members of Congress
  • Notes
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Index of Parties, Associations, and People.