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History of North America --- Political parties --- anno 1800-1999 --- United States --- United States of America

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This book examines the dynamics of the American party system and explores how contemporary American politics was formed. Specifically, it asks how the Democrats could become sufficiently competitive in the American North as to be able to construct a national political majority. It rejects the conventional account, based on 'realignment theory', that between the end of Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Revolution, the base level of support for the Democratic party varied greatly from one era to another. Instead, by distinguishing between the 'building blocks' available to the Democrats in coalition formation and the aggregation of those 'blocks' into an actual coalition, the author shows that there was much less variation over time in the available 'blocks' than is usually argued. Neither the economic depression of 1893 nor the New Deal had the impact on the party system that most political scientists claim.

Democratic Party (U.S.) --- History. --- History --- Demokratische Partei (U.S.) --- Partai Demokrat (U.S.) --- Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Political parties. --- Comparative government. --- Partis politiques --- Institutions politiques comparées --- Political parties --- Political systems

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This book rejects conventional accounts of how American political parties differ from those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of the direct primary and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. It overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by anti-party reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party 'regulars' and their opponents. Rather, the impetus for direct nominations came from attempts within the parties to subject informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late nineteenth century.

Primaries --- Political parties --- Direct primaries --- Elections, Primary --- Presidential primaries --- Primary elections --- Elections --- Nominations for office --- History. --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political --- Elections primaires --- Partis politiques --- History --- Histoire --- Etats-Unis --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Democracy. --- Political parties.