The politics of cultural differences : social change and voter mobilization strategies in the post-New Deal period /

How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? The authors of this groundbreaking study argue that they did so by doing what Democrats have also excelled at: triggering psychological mecha...

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其他作者: Leege, David C.
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
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書本目錄:
  • Part I: Cultural theory and recent American politics. Anomalies of post-New Deal politics ; The political mobilization of cultural differences ; General components of cultural theory in political conflict ; Election rituals, ideological movements, and group politics ; Psychological mechanisms and campaign strategies.
  • Part II: Case studies of the political mobilization of cultural differences. Cultural strains in the New Deal coalition ; A methodology for assessing cultural politics ; Keeping America purposeful, powerful, and pure ; Race and the transformation of the contemporary party system ; Gender, religion, and the second party transformation ; Cultural politics: some conclusions and practical implications.