Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-319) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The American polity and its regimes -- The deferential-Republican regime -- Old ways and new -- The Republican revolution -- From factions to parties -- The party-Democratic regime : the Democratic polity -- The culture of Democratic party politics -- Governing a democratic polity -- Crisis -- The party-Democratic regime : the industrial polity -- The age of the politicos -- A state of parties and courts -- The progressive interlude -- The populist-bureaucratic regime -- The rise of the populist-bureaucratic regime -- Bureaucracy and democracy -- Populism and party -- Epilogue: Today and tomorrow.
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