{"product_id":"the-republican-evolution-from-governing-party-to-antigovernment-party-18602020-9780231207898","title":"The Republican Evolution From Governing Party to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Janda sheds new light on the Republican Party’s transformations, drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence. He examines nearly three thousand planks from every Republican platform since 1856 as well as candidate statements and historical sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating study traces the Republican Party’s view of the world and itself from birth to the present. Janda’s scholarship provides information and insights that people of good intention can employ to save this fast-failing political institution, which in turn threatens American democracy. This book belongs on the must-read list needed to save our two-party system and our democracy. -- John W. Dean, former Nixon White House counsel, author of \u003ci\u003eAuthoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding! This book represents the definitive analysis of the Republican Party, its policy commitments, changes that have taken place over time, and how the party has evolved from its birth in 1856 to the cult of Trump in contemporary times. It stands out for the quality, originality, and comprehensiveness of its analysis. A tightly reasoned explanatory framework adds a historical perspective. The book sets the standard for the field. -- William Crotty, professor emeritus of political science, Northeastern University\u003cbr\u003eJanda stunningly combines scholarly discoveries with worrisome insights into the realities of contemporary politics. His research on Republican ideology from Lincoln to Trump is—in one word—the best study of party platforms ever published. But, sadly, his unique research also reveals the deterioration of the once Grand Old Party to an ethnocentric tribe and personality cult that threatens the future of American democracy. -- Gerald Pomper, professor emeritus of political science, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003eCompeting political parties committed to democratic values and institutions are essential ingredients of pluralist democracy. But in recent years, as the highly respected comparative politics specialist Kenneth Janda shows, the Republican Party has been undermining rather than upholding essential democratic norms. \u003ci\u003eThe Republican Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely analysis of a democracy in crisis, how America got there, and what needs to be done if the United States is to serve as inspiration rather than warning. -- Archie Brown, emeritus professor of politics, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Janda’s \u003ci\u003eThe Republican Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a persuasive analysis of what has happened to one of our two great political parties. The GOP once governed with competence and compassion under Lincoln, TR and Eisenhower, and once was a “champion of national authority and political equality.” But in the last half-century, Janda charts how it has become increasingly narrow and cramped, advocating states’ rights, defending racial inequalities and—in the recent past—become dominated by corrosive tribal politics and the destructive personality cult of Donald J. Trump. -- David H. Bennett, professor emeritus of history, Syracuse University\u003cbr\u003eAn expansive and prescriptive study of the Grand Old Party since 1860, Janda’s \u003ci\u003eThe Republican Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how divisive issues define but divide the modern Republican Party. Examining party platforms since 1856, Janda maps the evolution of the Republican Party on issues like trade policy, law and order, and civil rights, adeptly demonstrating how the Party moved from being the “Party of Lincoln” to an antigovernment party and diagnosing the ills of the party system along the way. This book is important for scholars of political parties and a must read for anyone concerned about American democracy. -- Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston\u003cbr\u003eJanda’s book is the culmination of decades of research. His detailed analysis of how the Republican Party has abandoned its historical roots, going from a party of freedom to an insurgent outlier that represents an ongoing threat to our democratic institutions, is both timely and welcome. -- John Kenneth White, Catholic University of America\u003cbr\u003eJanda gives us the long view of changes in the Republican Party, with observations of critical points and periods of transformation well supported by close examination of historical documents and presenting statistical evidence. This is an illuminating work potentially of interest to a wide readership, with suggestions for Republicans to regain connection with and to honor their roles in forming America's heritage. -- Jack Flynn, professor emeritus of history and geography, St. Catherine University\u003cbr\u003eA very useful addition to classes on party, ideology, and social movements, and it provides plenty of useful grist for discussions among undergraduate and graduate students. -- Seth Masket * Presidential Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eThat today’s Republican Party fundamentally differs from the party of old is something that few would venture to dispute. In this well-written, carefully researched book, Janda uses social-science tools to shed new light on the political history that nurtured that epochal change. * Survival *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Political Parties and Principles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Political Parties\u003cbr\u003e2. Government Benefits\u003cbr\u003e3. Party Platforms and Principles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Republican Party Planks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Beyond Liberal and Conservative\u003cbr\u003e5. Republican Platform Planks Since 1856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Principles of Republicanism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Original Principles\u003cbr\u003e7. Financing Government\u003cbr\u003e8. Economic Affairs\u003cbr\u003e9. Law and Order\u003cbr\u003e10. Culture and Order\u003cbr\u003e11. Conservation and Conservatives\u003cbr\u003e12. Elections\u003cbr\u003e13. Evolving to Ethnocentrism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Republicans as Team, Tribe, and Cult\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Electoral Teams\u003cbr\u003e15. The Political Tribe\u003cbr\u003e16. The Personality Cult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Republican Restoration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. The Party in Peril\u003cbr\u003e18. A Republican Epiphany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Next Republican Era\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Validating the Coding\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Accounting for All 2,722 Republican Platform Planks\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534924546391,"sku":"9780231207898","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231207898.jpg?v=1755858069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-republican-evolution-from-governing-party-to-antigovernment-party-18602020-9780231207898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}