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Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics. Parties and the politicians that comprise them seek control of government in order to implement their visions of proper public policy. To gain control parties need to win elections, and winning elections requires assembling an electoral coalition that is larger than that crafted by the opposition. Uncertainty rules and intra-party conflict rages as different factions and groups within the parties debate the proper course(s) of action and battle it out for control of the party. Parties can never be sure how their strategic maneuvers will play out, and, even when it appears that a certain strategy has been successful, party leaders are unclear about how long apparent success will last. Change unfolds slowly, in fits and starts.

Political parties --- History --- United States --- Politics and government --- History. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Political parties - United States - History --- United States - Politics and government - 1865-1933 --- United States - Politics and government - 20th century --- United States - Politics and government - 2001-2009

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How did the acquisition of overseas colonies affect the development of the American state? How did the constitutional system shape the expansion and governance of American empire? American Imperialism and the State offers a new perspective on these questions by recasting American imperial governance as an episode of state building. Colin D. Moore argues that the empire was decisively shaped by the efforts of colonial state officials to achieve greater autonomy in the face of congressional obstruction, public indifference and limitations on administrative capacity. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book focuses principally upon four cases of imperial governance - Hawai'i, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic and Haiti - to highlight the essential tension between American mass democracy and imperial expansion.

United States --- Imperialism --- Colonies --- Nation-building --- Democracy --- Constitutional history --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- Political development --- Foreign relations --- Territorial expansion. --- History. --- Colonial question. --- Politics and government --- United States - Foreign relations - 1865-1921 --- United States - Territorial expansion --- Imperialism - History --- Colonies - History --- Nation-building - United States - History --- Democracy - United States - History --- Constitutional history - United States --- United States - Colonial question --- United States - Politics and government - 1865-1933