DiSalvo, Daniel.

Engines of change party factions in American politics, 1868-2010 / [electronic resource] : Daniel DiSalvo. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xv, 242 p.) - Oxford studies in postwar American political development . - Oxford studies in postwar American political development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: parties and factions in American politics -- Introduction: four questions about American party factions -- Factions and the study of American political parties -- 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: factions in Congress -- Shaping the situation: factions and the president -- Factions and American state building -- Factions, party responsibility, and American institutions.

9780199891719 (ebk.) 0199891710 (ebk.)


Political parties--History.--United States
Electronic books.

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