Engines of Change

Party Factions in American Politics, 1868-2010
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-989170-2
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reihe: Studies in Postwar American Political Development

In Engines of Change, which is part the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Daniel DiSalvo provides the first full account of the role of these national intra-party "factions" in American politics. A faction, as defined here, is a party sub-unit that has enough ideological consistency, organizational capacity, and temporal durability to sustain intra-party conflict. Drawing from the last 150 years of American political history,
DiSalvo explains how factions have shaped the parties' ideologies, impacted presidential nominations, structured patterns of presidential governance, and impacted the development of the American state. He demonstrates that factions can acquire the power to shape the parties' ideologies, impact presidential
nominations, structure the patterns of presidential governance, and impact the development of the American state. Indeed, factions are often just as or more important than the parties themselves in driving political change. Sweeping in scope, Engines of Change promises to reshape our understanding of the forces most responsible for driving political change in modern American history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Disalvo, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Parties and Factions in American Politics
I. Introduction: Four Questions about American Party Factions
II. Factions and the Study of American Political Parties
III. Conveyor Belts of Ideas: Factions and Party Ideology
IV. Selecting a Party Leader: Factions and Presidential Nominations
V. Breaking up the Party: Factions and Splinter Parties
VI. Power Distributors: Factions in Congress
VII. Shaping the Situation: Factions and the President
VIII. Factions and American State Building
IX. Factions, Party Responsibility, and American Institutions

Über Autor(innen)

Assistant Professor of Political Science, City College of New York (CUNY)