Anthony Sparacino

Governors Go National (eBook, ePUB)

The Democratic and Republican Governors Associations and the Nationalization of American Party Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations from their creation in the 1960s through the 2020 elections. The author argues that the creation of these partisan organizations marked an important moment in the nationalization of American party politics. Governors created these Associations along with party elites in Washington because they recognized that decisions being made in Washington increasingly affected decision-making in the states. Governors sought to contribute to the development of national partisan electoral strategies and policy programs through these organizations to benefit their own electoral fortunes and the standing of the national parties to which they belonged. Through organization building, governors of both parties contributed to the development of more nationally focused and programmatic parties despite being state-level elected officials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666933727
• Artikelnr.: 74833170

Autorenporträt

Anthony Sparacino is an assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the York College of the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Governors, National Associations and the American Party
System
Chapter 1: Governors and National Politics Before the Party Organizations
Chapter 2: Origins of the RGA and the DGC, 1961-1968
Chapter 3: Institutionalizing Nationalization: Governors and their
Associations, 1969-1980
Chapter 4: The Democrats Catch Up in a Partisan Era, 1981-1992
Chapter 5: Governors and National Programmatic Partisanship, 1993-2000
Chapter 6: Governors and their Associations in a Hyper-Partisan Era
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author