The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns (Transforming American Politics)

The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary world. With new methods and organizations for producing goods, industrialization altered where people live, how they play, and even how they define political issues. By exploring the ways the industrial revolution reshaped world history, this book offers a unique look into the international factors that started the industrial revolution and its global spread and impact. Political Science And The Study Of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations Of Party Response / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- The Diminishing Oddness Of American Political Parties / Nicol C. Rae -- Attempting To Build A Winner: Parties And The Crafting Of Electoral Coalitions / Mark D. Brewer -- Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, And Party Polarization / Marjorie Randon Hershey, Nathaniel Birkhead / Beth C. Easter -- Local Party Viability, Goals, And Objectives In The Information Age / Daniel M. Shea, J. Cherie Strachan, Michael Wolf -- National Parties In The Twenty-first Century / Paul S. Herrnson -- Parties And The Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles To Control The Nominating Calendar / Barbara Norrander -- Political Parties And Campaign Finance: Challenges And Adaptations / Diana Dwyre -- Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest In A Tea Party? / Walter J. Stone, L. Davis, Sandy Maisel, Trevor C. Lowman -- Political Parties And The Media: The Parties Respond To Technological Innovation / Diana Owen -- Congressional Parties And The Policy Process / Sean Theriault, Jonathan Lewallen -- Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees / G. Calvin Mackenzie -- American Political Parties In An Age Of Polarization / Alan I. Abramowitz. [edited By] Mark D. Brewer, L. Sandy Maisel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response -- 2 The Diminishing Oddness of American Political Parties -- 3 Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions -- 4 Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization -- 5 Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age -- 6 National Parties in the Twenty-First Century -- 7 Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar -- 8 Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations -- 9 Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party? -- 10 Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation -- 11 Congressional Parties and the Policy Process -- 12 Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees -- 13 American Political Parties in an Age of Polarization -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index An updated examination of contemporary issues surrounding party politics in the United States