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Third Parties in America: Citizen Response to Major Party Failure - Updated and Expanded Second Edition
Steven J. Rosenstone
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Paperback. Over the years, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. This title explains why and when the two-party system deteriorates and third parties flourish. Num Pages: 306 pages, 12 tables, 23 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHF; JPL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
In recent years a growing number of citizens have defected from the major parties to third party presidential candidates. Over the past three decades, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. Third Parties in America explains why and when the two-party system deteriorates and third parties flourish. Relying on data from presidential elections between 1840 and 1992, it identifies the situations in which Americans abandon the major parties and shows how third parties encourage major party responsiveness and broader representation of political interests.
In recent years a growing number of citizens have defected from the major parties to third party presidential candidates. Over the past three decades, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. Third Parties in America explains why and when the two-party system deteriorates and third parties flourish. Relying on data from presidential elections between 1840 and 1992, it identifies the situations in which Americans abandon the major parties and shows how third parties encourage major party responsiveness and broader representation of political interests.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691026138
SKU
V9780691026138
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About Steven J. Rosenstone
Steven J. Rosenstone is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and a Program Director at the Institute for Social Research, where he serves as the Principal Investigator for the National Election Studies. He is author of Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America (with J. M. Hansen), Forecasting Presidential Elections, and Who Votes? (with R. Wolfinger). Roy L. ... Read more
Reviews for Third Parties in America: Citizen Response to Major Party Failure - Updated and Expanded Second Edition
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1984 "Rosenstone, Behr, and Lazarus have significantly contributed to our understanding of minor parties ... by carefully and systematically testing the many conventional explanations that we have aggregated into a theory of minor party politics in America."
John R. Petrocik, Political Science Quarterly "[Third Parties in America] provides a quick and fascinating history of ... Read more
John R. Petrocik, Political Science Quarterly "[Third Parties in America] provides a quick and fascinating history of ... Read more