Placing Parties in American Politics : Organization, Electoral Settings, and Government Activity in the Twentieth Century

This work on the structure of American parties combines the breadth that has been characteristic of voter analyses and the richness found in case studies of local party organizations. Originally published in 1986. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. This work on the structure of American parties combines the breadth that has been characteristic of voter analyses and the richness found in case studies of local party organizations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 CONTENTS MAPS FIGURES TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. A Geography of Organization in the Late 1960s CHAPTER 1. Forms of Organization CHAPTER 2. Regular Organization States CHAPTER 3. States with “Persistent Factionalism” CHAPTER 4. States of the Confederate South CHAPTER 5. The Northern Tier and Plains States CHAPTER 6. The Western States CHAPTER 7. Summary of State Sketches PART II. Background and Implications CHAPTER 8. The Historical Background CHAPTER 9. Environments and Processes CHAPTER 10. Government Activity CHAPTER 11. Progressive Reform and the New Deal Coalition Appendices APPENDIX A. Candidate Activity in Primaries APPENDIX B. Expenditure and Revenue Data for 1942 AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX