State of the Parties 2022: The Changing Role of American Political Parties: John C. Green: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

State of the Parties 2022

The Changing Role of American Political Parties

State of the Parties 2022

The Changing Role of American Political Parties

Description

The State of the Parties 2022 brings together leading scholars of parties, elections, and interest groups to provide an indispensable overview of American political parties today. The 2020 presidential election was extraordinary. What role did political parties play in these events? How did the party organizations fare? What are the implications for the future? Scholars and practitioners from throughout the United States explore the current state of American party organizations, constituencies and resources at the national, state and local level.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
The State of the Parties: Change and Continuity in 2020John C. Green, Kenneth M. Miller, and David B. Cohen
Part I: State of the Parties
An Era of Unstable Majorities ContinuesMorris P. Fiorina
Activists Versus Voters: Intra-party Warfare in the Modern WorldByron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner
Congressional Primary Challenges and the Health of the PartiesRobert G. Boatright
Part II: Partisan Voters
Peak Polarization? The Rise of Partisan-Ideological Consistency and its ConsequencesAlan I. Abramowitz
Political Identity and Beliefs about Stolen Elections in the American ElectorateAnita Manion, David C. Kimball, and Adriano Udani
Major Party Factions in a Battleground State: Self-Identified Factional Affiliation among Pennsylvania VotersStephen K. Medvic and Berwood A. Yost
Blue Metros, Red States: The Geography of the 2020 Vote in the Swing StatesDavid F. Damore, Karen A. Danielsen, and Robert E. Lang
Turning the Natural State Red: The Rise of the GOP in ArkansasJohn C. Davis
Part III: Partisan Activity
Nationalized Congressional Finance: Evidence from 2018 and 2020Kenneth M. Miller
The Ground Game in 2020: Party Contacts as Reported by VotersPaul A. Beck
From Tea Party to Trump PartyRonald B. Rapoport and W. Henry Crossman
Part IV: Women and Party Politics
The Partisan Gap among Women in Elective Office: 2020 and BeyondLaurel Elder
Fired Up or Falling Flat: Recruitment of Women Candidates during the Trump Administration Shannon McQueen
The Super Women and the Super Men behind Super PACs: A New Source of Inequality Paul S. Herrnson and Jennifer A. Heerwig
References
Index
About the Contributors

Product details

Published	Oct 21 2022
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	328
ISBN	9781538164846
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	51 b/w photos; 31 table
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

John C. Green

Anthology Editor

David B. Cohen

Anthology Editor

Kenneth M. Miller

This iteration of State of the Parties lives up to the legacy of the previous works in the series, most recently State of the Parties 2018 (CH, Feb'19, 56-2560). Offering a balanced mix of work by veteran and emerging scholars, this essay collection recalls the recent history of the two major parties in American politics and then drills down into what makes them the parties that they are. These scholars contextualize the current status of political parties—their structure, their makeup, and their activity—in the turmoil of hyperpartisanship and polarization. The various scholars play to their strengths in terms of both subject matter and methodology. State of the Parties 2022 paints an easily understood, yet detailed and multifaceted picture of the current shape of American politics. The anthology would make a great supplemental text for classes on American political parties; it is sophisticated enough for graduate courses and understandable enough for undergraduates. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.

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