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catalog abstract "Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once commented that "in times of great political change and rapid political transition it will generally be observed that political parties find it convenient to rebaptize themselves." Fifty years after the publication of E.E. Schattschneider's Party Government and forty-two years after the publication of Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System, distinguished scholars including Everett Carll Ladd, Wilson Carey McWilliams, John S. Jackson III, Sidney M. Milkis, and scholar-congressmen David E. Price (D-NC) and William M. Thomas (R-CA) reevaluate the long-standing assumptions that surround the "responsible parties" argument. In this collection of essays edited by John Kenneth White and Jerome M. Mileur, contributors voice their perspectives on the challenges confronting the party system of government in the United States. Elections in which the party system fails to frame issues satisfactorily and the rise of an American state without the helping hand of parties to run it have all contributed to a political crisis of confidence in party government. Indeed, White recently termed Ross Perot's candidacy a "wake-up call" for Democrats and Republicans. Still, while their analysis of current party government acknowledges problems, these authors favor a resurgence of the party system, arguing that political parties are the indispensable instruments of communication between our country's voters and their elected officials. For those political scientists, elected officials, and voters who share their wish, immersing these once grand institutions into the "born-again" waters of a Disraeli-type baptism remains the single most important challenge of the decade ahead.".
catalog contributor b3807787.
catalog contributor b3807788.
catalog created "c1992.".
catalog date "1992".
catalog date "c1992.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
catalog description "Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once commented that "in times of great political change and rapid political transition it will generally be observed that political parties find it convenient to rebaptize themselves." Fifty years after the publication of E.E. Schattschneider's Party Government and forty-two years after the publication of Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System, distinguished scholars including Everett Carll Ladd, Wilson Carey McWilliams, John S. Jackson III, Sidney M. Milkis, and scholar-congressmen David E. Price (D-NC) and William M. Thomas (R-CA) reevaluate the long-standing assumptions that surround the "responsible parties" argument. In this collection of essays edited by John Kenneth White and Jerome M. Mileur, contributors voice their perspectives on the challenges confronting the party system of government in the United States. Elections in which the party system fails to frame issues satisfactorily and the rise of an American state without the helping hand of parties to run it have all contributed to a political crisis of confidence in party government. Indeed, White recently termed Ross Perot's candidacy a "wake-up call" for Democrats and Republicans. Still, while their analysis of current party government acknowledges problems, these authors favor a resurgence of the party system, arguing that political parties are the indispensable instruments of communication between our country's voters and their elected officials. For those political scientists, elected officials, and voters who share their wish, immersing these once grand institutions into the "born-again" waters of a Disraeli-type baptism remains the single most important challenge of the decade ahead.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog description "Prologue: Intellectual challenges to party government / John Kenneth White -- Political parties, "reform," and American democracy / Everett Carll Ladd -- Party politics in a federal polity / A. James Reichley -- The party-as-organization: Party elites and party reforms in presidential nominations and conventions / John S. Jackson III -- Mandates without parties / John Kenneth White -- Programmatic liberalism and party politics: The New Deal legacy and the doctrine of responsible party government / Sidney M. Milkis -- The party connection / David E. Price -- Where's the party? / William M. Thomas -- Legislating responsibility: American political parties and the law / Jerome M. Mileur -- Tocqueville and responsible parties: Individualism, partisanship, and citizenship in America / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Epilogue: Prospects for party government / Jerome M. Mileur.".
catalog extent "xvi, 257 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Challenges to party government.".
catalog identifier "0809317990".
catalog identifier "0809318342 (pbk.)".
catalog isFormatOf "Challenges to party government.".
catalog issued "1992".
catalog issued "c1992.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,".
catalog relation "Challenges to party government.".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "324.273 20".
catalog subject "JK2261 .C43 1992".
catalog subject "Political parties United States.".
catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Intellectual challenges to party government / John Kenneth White -- Political parties, "reform," and American democracy / Everett Carll Ladd -- Party politics in a federal polity / A. James Reichley -- The party-as-organization: Party elites and party reforms in presidential nominations and conventions / John S. Jackson III -- Mandates without parties / John Kenneth White -- Programmatic liberalism and party politics: The New Deal legacy and the doctrine of responsible party government / Sidney M. Milkis -- The party connection / David E. Price -- Where's the party? / William M. Thomas -- Legislating responsibility: American political parties and the law / Jerome M. Mileur -- Tocqueville and responsible parties: Individualism, partisanship, and citizenship in America / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Epilogue: Prospects for party government / Jerome M. Mileur.".
catalog title "Challenges to party government / edited by John Kenneth White and Jerome M. Mileur.".
catalog type "text".