No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures - Couverture souple

Masket, Seth

 
9780472034673: No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures
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ISBN 10 : 0472034677 ISBN 13 : 9780472034673
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2009

Synopsis

“This is a fascinating book. It is one of the best studies of the ways that parties and politics get conducted in any American state. Masket shows that legislators can be perfectly content without parties that control agendas and does a terrific job of explaining the transition from free-wheeling legislators to rigidly partisan voting blocs.” —Sam Popkin, University of California at San Diego “No Middle Ground makes a significant contribution to the study of American parties and legislative politics.” —Matthew Green, Catholic University of America Despite concerns about the debilitating effects of partisanship on democratic government, in recent years political parties have gained strength in state governments as well as in Washington. In many cases these parties function as machines. Unlike machines of the past that manipulated votes, however, today’s machines determine which candidates can credibly compete in a primary. Focusing on the history and politics of California, Seth E. Masket reveals how these machines evolved and how they stay in power by directing money, endorsements, and expertise to favored candidates, who often tend toward the ideological extreme. In a provocative conclusion, Masket argues that politicians are not inherently partisan. Instead, partisanship is thrust upon them by actors outside the government with the power to manipulate primary elections.

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À propos de l?auteur

Seth E. Masket is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Denver.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472034677
ISBN 13 
9780472034673
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780472116898: No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0472116894 ISBN 13 :  9780472116898
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2009
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