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- Author(s) Jeff Manza / Clem Brooks
- SubtitleVoter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions
- Edition
- Published1st December 1999
- PublisherOxford University Press UK
- ISBN9780198294924
Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions
What social groups support which political party, and how that support has changed over time, are central questions in the sociology of political behaviour. This study provides the first systematic book-length reassessment and restatement of the sociological approach to American politics in more than 20 years. It challenges widespread arguments that the importance of social cleavages have declined precipitously in recent years in the face of post-industrial socialand economic changes. The book reconceptualizes the concept of social cleavages and focus on four major cleavages in American society: class, religion, gender, and race, arguing
a that a number of important changes in the alignments of the groups making up these four cleavages have occurred. The book examines the implications of these changes for the Democratic and Republican Parties. The findings of the book are examined in light of the central dilemmas facing the two major parties in the contemporary political environment.
Social Cleavages and Political Change
- Author(s) Jeff Manza / Clem Brooks
- SubtitleVoter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions
- Edition
- Published1st December 1999
- PublisherOxford University Press UK
- ISBN9780198294924
Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions
What social groups support which political party, and how that support has changed over time, are central questions in the sociology of political behaviour. This study provides the first systematic book-length reassessment and restatement of the sociological approach to American politics in more than 20 years. It challenges widespread arguments that the importance of social cleavages have declined precipitously in recent years in the face of post-industrial socialand economic changes. The book reconceptualizes the concept of social cleavages and focus on four major cleavages in American society: class, religion, gender, and race, arguing
a that a number of important changes in the alignments of the groups making up these four cleavages have occurred. The book examines the implications of these changes for the Democratic and Republican Parties. The findings of the book are examined in light of the central dilemmas facing the two major parties in the contemporary political environment.
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