Changing party coalitions : the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Agathon,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148319 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War
- The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North
- The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race
- The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race
- The institutional base for realignment
- The origins of the Republican red-state strategy
- The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy
- The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism
- Conclusion.