Why Americans don't join the party : race, immigration, and the failure (of political parties) to engage the electorate /
Hajnal, Zoltan,1968-
Lee, Taeku.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-319) and index.
Introduction -- Party identification: the historical and ontological origins of a concept -- Identity, ideology, information, and the dimensionality of nonpartisanship -- Leaving the mule behind: independents and African American partisanship -- What does it mean to be a partisan? -- The sequential logic of Latino and Asian American partisanship -- Beyond the middle: ambivalence, extremism, and white nonpartisans -- The electoral implications of nonpartisanship -- Conclusion.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Identity politics
Allegiance
Political alienation
African Americans