American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed

by John Kenneth White, Matthew R Kerbel, Matthew R. Kerbel

Book Overview

American Political Parties is a core textbook on political parties in the United States that places the US party system into a framework designed around the disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. White and Kerbel argue that the two-party system in the United States began with a common agreement on the key values of freedom, individual rights, and equality of opportunity but that Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed--often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700633340
• ISBN13: 9780700633340
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"