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PARTY IDEOLOGIES IN AMERICA, 1828-1996 This book challenges traditional notions of American party politics and political culture. Usually, American politics is looked on as relatively consensual and nonideological, but John Gerring argues that American party history and, by extension, American political history at large have been irreducibly ideological. He contends that the major parties have articulated views that were, and are, coherent, differentiated, and stable. The argument rests on evidence provided by election rhetoric - speeches, party platforms, and other campaign tracts disseminated by party leaders during presidential campaigns. Using these texts, Professor Gerring traces the values, beliefs, and issue-positions that have defined party life from the 1830s to the 1990s. Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996 thus presents a historical synthesis of mainstream party pol- itics from the birth of competitive parties to the present day. John Gerring is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston Uni- versity. He has published in Political Research Quarterly, Polity, and Studies in American Political Development. PARTY IDEOLOGIES IN AMERICA, 1828-1996 JOHN GERRING CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org © John Gerring 1998 Chapter 3 appeared in revised form as "Party Ideology in America: The National- Republican Chapter (1928-1924)," in Studies in American Political Development 11:1 (Spring 1997); chapter 5 appeared in revised form as "A Chapter in the History of American Party Ideology: The Nineteenth-Century Democratic Party, 1828-1892," Polity 26:4 (Summer 1994) This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1998 First paperback edition 2001 Reprinted 2001 Typeface Sabon 10/12 pt. System Penta [RF] A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gerring, John, 1962- Party ideologies in America, 1828-1996 /John Gerring. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-521-59262-3 (hb) 1. Political parties - United States - History. I. Title. JK2261.G47 1998 97-46088 CIP ISBN o 521 59262 3 hardback ISBN o 521 78590 1 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2004 FOR MY MOTHER AND FATHER Life is to an organism, [what] principles are to a party. James Bryce, The American Commonwealth It is unthinkable that these organizations [political parties] can be under- stood without examination of the objectives of the participants in the en- terprises: What do people want to accomplish? E. E. Schattschneider, "United States: The Functional Approach to Party Government"
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