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Author Gillespie, J. David, 1944-

Title Challengers to duopoly : why third parties matter in American two-party politics / J. David Gillespie
Edition Rev. ed
Published Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Duopoly and Its Challengers -- 2. Protecting Major-Party Turf -- 3. On the Outside, Looking In -- 4. Constitutionalists, Greens, and Libertarians -- 5. Early Years: Short-Lived Parties before 1860 -- 6. Union, Reform, and Class: Short-Lived Parties, 1860-1908 -- 7. Thunder Left and Right: Short-Lived Parties, 1912-1960s -- 8. George Wallace and Beyond: Short-Lived Parties, 1968 and After -- 9. New Independents: The Anderson and Perot Movements -- 10. Taking the Less-Traveled Road: Women, African Americans, Latinos -- 11. Doctrinal Parties 1: The Socialists and Communists -- 12. Doctrinal Parties 2: The Neo-Nazis -- 13. State/Local Significant Others -- 14. Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The Third-Party Legacy and the Future
Summary "An overview of third parties in the American political system"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Third parties (United States politics) -- History
Political participation -- United States -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Political participation
Politics and government
Third parties (United States politics)
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1611171121
9781611171129