Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American PoliticsTo test their theory of how issues can reshape the political system, Carmines and Stimson examine the impact of race on American politics in recent decades. They focus on presidential campaigns, congressional votes, party activists, and mass attitudes; and develop their alternative to realignment theory. |
Contents
1 | 3 |
2 | 27 |
4 | 89 |
ACTIVISTS AS PERCENTAGE OF GROUP | 99 |
WORKERS AS PERCENTAGE OF GROUP | 101 |
5 | 115 |
6 | 138 |
7 | 159 |
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Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics Edward G. Carmines,James A. Stimson No preview available - 1989 |
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1964 presidential election 1980 YEAR Figure ability groups activity American politics Barry Goldwater behavior campaign candidates causal central Chapter cial Civil Rights Act clarity cloture coalition congressional conservatism conservative correlations critical election Deal decay Democratic party Desegregation Attitudes dimension dynamic growth effect elec elite equilibrium evidence federal Goldwater House ideological impact interparty difference issue alignment issue constraint issue evolution issue polarization issue positions large numbers legislation mass electorate ment National Election Study Nixon partisan change Party Identifiers party images party positions party system party's pattern perceptions period platform political issues Principal Component Analysis produce question racial attitudes racial conservatism racial issue evolution racial liberalism racial policy Racial Voting Reconstruction region Republican party residual mean square response Richard Nixon role roll-call votes scale secular realignment Source South southern Democrats SRC/CPS National Election structure Table theory tion transformation U.S. Congress variable voters Voting Rights Act