Diverging parties
Subtitle: social change, realignment, and party polarization
By: Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Mark D. Brewer, Mack D. Mariani
Contributors: Brewer, Mark D; Mariani, Mack D
Series: Transforming American politics
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: United States. -- Congress. -- House; Polarization (Social sciences); Legislators -- United States; Political parties -- United States; Representative government and representation -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index
Table of contents: title: The reemergence of party polarization; title: Explaining increasing conflict; title: The origins of increased party polarization; title: Social change and political implications; title: Social change, realignment, and party polarization; title: Constituencies and party conflict; title: Interpreting House elections : the limits of the candidate-centered framework