Engines of change : party factions in American politics, 1868-2010
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Engines of change : party factions in American politics, 1868-2010
（Studies in postwar American political development / Steven Teles, series editor）
Oxford University Press, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Preface: factions and parties in American
- Four questions about American party factions
- Factions and the study of American political parties
- The conveyor belts of ideas: factions and party ideology
- Selecting a party leader: factions and presidential nominations
- Breaking up the party: factions and splinter parties
- Power distributors: party factions in Congress
- Shaping the situation: factions and the presidential governance
- Factions and American state building
- Factions, party responsibility, and American institutions
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Engines of Change, which is part the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Daniel DiSalvo provides the first full account of the role of these national intra-party "factions" in American politics. A faction, as defined here, is a party sub-unit that has enough ideological consistency, organizational capacity, and temporal durability to sustain intra-party conflict. Drawing from the last 150 years of American political history,
DiSalvo explains how factions have shaped the parties' ideologies, impacted presidential nominations, structured patterns of presidential governance, and impacted the development of the American state. He demonstrates that factions can acquire the power to shape the parties' ideologies, impact presidential
nominations, structure the patterns of presidential governance, and impact the development of the American state. Indeed, factions are often just as or more important than the parties themselves in driving political change. Sweeping in scope, Engines of Change promises to reshape our understanding of the forces most responsible for driving political change in modern American history.
Table of Contents
- Preface: Parties and Factions in American Politics
- I. Introduction: Four Questions about American Party Factions
- II. Factions and the Study of American Political Parties
- III. Conveyor Belts of Ideas: Factions and Party Ideology
- IV. Selecting a Party Leader: Factions and Presidential Nominations
- V. Breaking up the Party: Factions and Splinter Parties
- VI. Power Distributors: Factions in Congress
- VII. Shaping the Situation: Factions and the President
- VIII. Factions and American State Building
- IX. Factions, Party Responsibility, and American Institutions
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