The demise and rebirth of American third parties
Subtitle: poised for political revival?
By: Bernard Tamas
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780815356370; 9780815356394
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Third parties (United States politics); Election law; Opposition (Political science)
Description: Virtually all academic books on American third parties in the last half-century assume that they have largely disappeared. This book challenges that orthodoxy by explaining the (temporary) decline of third parties, demonstrating through the latest evidence that they are enjoying a resurgence, and arguing that they are likely to once again play a significant role in American politics. The book is based on a wealth of data, including district-level results from US House of Representatives elections, state-level election laws after the Civil War, and recent district-level election results from Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a third-party revival?; title: Unraveling the conundrum of third-party decline; title: Duverger's law and the American electoral system; title: The impact of ballot access laws; title: The prohibition of fusion; title: Do primaries undermine third parties?; title: Co-optation and third-party waves; title: The decline and rise of political polarization; title: The evolution of party resources; title: Conclusion : a reemergence of third parties?