Bibliograph

The people and the ballot, a history of American political politics, by professor Joshua Kaplan

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The people and the ballot, a history of American political politics, by professor Joshua Kaplan

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

lectures speeches

Main title

The people and the ballot

Oclc number

163117315

Responsibility statement

by professor Joshua Kaplan

Series statement

The Modern scholar

Sub title

a history of American political politics

Summary

This course provides an understanding of how American politics works and can help make sense of election results and political trends. The story of political parties is about how we get along with one another. Political parties grew outside the Constitution and the more formal framework of government. No one planed or even wanted them. Parties developed as a response to the dream of a unified government

Table Of Contents

Lecture 1. The birth of political science -- Lecture 2. The origins of the Democratic Party -- Lecture 3. The origins of the Republican Party -- Lecture 4. Third parties in the nineteenth century -- Lecture 5. Third parties in the twentieth century -- Lecture 6. Comparative analysis and party realignment -- Lecture 7. Anti-party reforms -- Lecture 8. The Electoral College -- Lecture 9. Reapportionment and redistricting -- Lecture 10. Parties in Congress -- Lecture 11. Party identification -- Lecture 12. The solid truth -- Lecture 13. The southern strategy and the transformation of the south -- Lecture 14. The future of the American party system

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