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Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States » Read Now
by James L. Sundquist. 466 pgs.

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...some evidence" that a political "realignment" had occurred, but in the...period of fundamental realignment. . . . political forces in this country...the Possibility of...
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Realignment and Party Revival: Understanding American Electoral Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century » Read Now
by Arthur Paulson. 348 pgs.

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Are American political parties really in decay? Have American voters really given up on the major parties? Taking issue with widely accepted theories of dealignment and party decay, Paulson argues that the most profound realignment in American history occurred in the 1960s, almost without notice...
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Are American political parties really in decay? Have American voters really given up on the major parties? Taking issue with widely accepted theories of dealignment and party decay, Paulson argues that the most profound realignment in American history occurred in the 1960s, almost without notice, and that still another realignment is on the way. The result, he asserts, is not the decline of American political parties, but the birth of a new party system which features a liberal party and a conservative party. This development should have a major impact on American democracy in the twenty-first century, offering the possibility of some form of party government more commonly seen in parliamentary systems.
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Partisan Realignment: Voters, Parties, and Government in American History » Read Now
by Jerome M. Clubb, William H. Flanigan. 327 pgs.

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...perspective." Put briefly, the realignment perspective describes the political history of the United...Possibilty of a Major Political Realignment in the South,"...
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Issue Voting and Party Realignment » Read Now
by Donald S. Strong. 116 pgs.

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...of a party realignment. As Nie puts...investigation, political attitudes...three major realignments of our history involved political questions...the American political...
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The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority: Realignment, Dealignment, and Electoral Change from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton » Read Now
by David G. Lawrence. 215 pgs.

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...those who came of political age in the post-realignment world for whom the...in the nature of political outputs. Realignment attracted attention...advantages necessary for...
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The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections ("The Realignment Hypothesis" begins on p. 221) » Read Now
by James E. Campbell. 320 pgs.

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...Republican Realignment, 1946-1994...Strength of Political Parties...long-term political changes embodied...a partisan realignment, beginning...obscured by realignment and...
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: A Political Realignment Is on the Way, in The Nation » Read Now
by Walter Dean Burnham. 4 pgs.

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...Lotta Shakin Goin on : A Political Realignment Is on the Way...led to think that a political realignment in the country is imminent...hegemony over national political and...
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A New Republican Generation?, in Contemporary Review » Read Now
by Philip John Davies. 8 pgs.

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...their faith in a party political realignment that would alter the...the theory of party political realignment has been used to impose...the best evidence of a realignment...
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Social Cleavages and Political Change: Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions » Read Now
by Jeff Manza, Clem Brooks. 364 pgs.

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What social groups support which political party, and how that support has changed over time, are central questions in the sociology of political behaviour. This study provides the first systematic book-length reassessment and restatement of the sociological approach to American politics in more...
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What social groups support which political party, and how that support has changed over time, are central questions in the sociology of political behaviour. This study provides the first systematic book-length reassessment and restatement of the sociological approach to American politics in more than 20 years. It challenges widespread arguments that the importance of social cleavages have declined precipitously in recent years in the face of post-industrial social and economic changes. The book reconceptualizes the concept of social cleavages and focus on four major cleavages in American society: class, religion, gender, and race, arguing a that a number of important changes in the alignments of the groups making up these four cleavages have occurred. The book examines the implications of these changes for the Democratic and Republican Parties. The findings of the book are examined in light of the central dilemmas facing the two major parties in the contemporary political environment.
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Class Politics and Political Change in the United States, 1952-1992, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Clem Brooks, Jeff Manza. 30 pgs.

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...electoral shifts from political realignments and to analyze whether...Conceptualizing Class Politics and Political Realignment Much of the recent research...professionals...
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Income, Economic Voting, and Long-Term Political Change in the U.S., 1952-1996, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Clem Brooks, David Brady. 36 pgs.

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...While income-based political changes fall short of a realignment, they thus represent...from the concept of a political realignment. Whereas the realignment...Bases of...
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The Creation of a Democratic Majority, 1928-1936 (Chap. One "American Politics, Political Science, and the Dynamics of Realignment") » Read Now
by Kristi Andersen. 154 pgs.

...treatment of partisan realignment by American political scientists and particularly...and the Dynamics of Realignment American political parties have...
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Electoral Incentives, Public Policy, and the New Deal Realignment, in Southern Economic Journal » Read Now
by Robert K. Fleck. 2 pgs.

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...fundamental role in realignment. But to understand the massive political changes of the...policy in three realignment eras. American Journal of Political Science...
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Two Parties--Or More? The American Party System ("The 1896 Election: Electoral Realignment, Republican Resurgence" begins on p. 31) » Read Now
by John F. Bibby, L. Sandy Maisel. 140 pgs.

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This work answers key questions by first placing the dilemma in the context of recent elections - at both the state and federal level - and by defining the types of minor parties and of the roles they play.
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The Third Electoral System 1853-1892: Parties, Voters, and Political Cultures (Chap. 3 "From Equilibrium to Realignment: Shaping the Third Electoral System") » Read Now
by Paul Kleppner. 452 pgs.

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...analyzed the political realignment of 1893-96...1828 to the realignment of the 1850s...host of local political alignments; it...they did the realignment of the 1850s, the...