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Author:

Taylor, Andrew J.

Title:

Elephant's edge : the Republicans as a ruling party / Andrew J. Taylor ; foreword by Norman J. Ornstein.

Publisher:

Praeger Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c 2005

Description:

xvii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Political parties--United States.
United States--Politics and government--2001-

Other Authors:

Ornstein, Norman J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-301) and index.

Contents:

American party politics today -- Uneven playing field: the constitutional and geographical origins of the Republican advantage -- Elephants in the House: after forty years in the wilderness, playing the Democrats at their own game -- Governing stealthily: Republicans in the states and the courts -- Trapping the donkey: foreign policy as Republican advantage -- Trapping the donkey again: domestic policy as Republican advantage -- The well-oiled machine: the Republican Party organization, allied interests, and political money -- Winning hearts and minds: the media and the Republican ideas industry -- Social, economic, and attitudinal change as Republican advantage: public opinion and the politics of wealth, work faith, and race -- The Republicans as a ruling (not majority) party.

ISBN:

9780275985363 (alk. paper)
0275985369 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60414386

LCCN:

2005013517

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)