Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America

Hans Noel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:31st Jan '14

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This book describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative ideologies that form the basis of our modern political parties.

This book treats the modern liberal and conservative ideologies as the driving forces behind our modern political parties. Liberalism and conservatism emerged in the twentieth century as important forces independent of existing political parties. These ideologies then reshaped parties in their own image.Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology front and center in the discussion of party coalition change. Treating ideology as neither a nuisance nor a given, the analysis describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative ideologies that form the basis of our modern political parties. Hans Noel shows that liberalism and conservatism emerged as important forces independent of existing political parties. These ideologies then reshaped parties in their own image. Modern polarization can thus be explained as the natural outcome of living in a period, perhaps the first in our history, in which two dominant ideologies have captured the two dominant political parties.

'The final point above is also true of the entire book: Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America is a must-read for scholars of American political parties, indeed for scholars of American politics in general. It will most certainly affect the ongoing academic conversations in these areas as scholars read and think about Noel's work.' Mark D. Brewer, University of Maine, Orono

  • Winner of Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section, American Political Science Association 2014

ISBN: 9781107620520

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 320g

242 pages