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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Appelrouth, Scott (1965-....)
Titre(s) : Envisioning America and the American self [Texte électronique] : Republican and Democratic party platforms, 1840-2016 / Scott Appelrouth
Publication : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 online resource : illustrations
Note(s) : "Routledge focus"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Scott Appelrouth is Professor of Sociology at California State University, USA,
and coauthor of Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Sociological Theory
in the Classical Era, and Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era
This book explores the Democratic and Republican Party platforms from 1840 to 2016.
As the only official, institutionally sanctioned document espousing the parties' views
on the state of the nation, the platforms present to the party faithful a diagnosis
of what ails the country and the promise of possessing the necessary cure. In doing
so, they offer more than a listing of specific issues in need of redress through legislative
action, and moreover serve as a form of national storytelling through which political
parties forge their vision of America and of what it means to be an American. Using
topic modeling as an entry point into the documents, the author moves to consider
more closely two related themes: those of how the platforms narrate the "American"
self and individual freedom. With consideration of the extent to which the parties
envision the self as an isolated economic actor or as an individual with a range of
duties and obligations to a broader community, the spheres of action that they consider
focal points for individual autonomy, and the extent to which they view liberty as
freedom from restraint or freedom to act, this book sheds light on the historical
trajectory of the growing fracture in American politics as well as the points of convergence
across the two parties. Moreover, positing that behind their divisive rhetoric, both
share a fundamental vision of what it means to be a "person," the author argues that
perhaps their seemingly intractable differences are more a matter of degree than kind
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 125 p.
Sujet(s) : Caractère national américain -- Histoire
Individualisme -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Partis politiques -- Adhésion -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Republican party (États-Unis) -- Histoire
Democratic party (États-Unis) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
324.273 09 (23e éd.) = Partis politiques - États-Unis - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781315107738. - ISBN 1315107732. - ISBN 9781351607957. - ISBN 1351607952. -
ISBN 9781351607964. - ISBN 1351607960. - ISBN 9781351607940. - ISBN 1351607944. -
ISBN 9781138092044 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45823442q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45823442
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : the state of politics ; The who and whys of ideological polarization
; The cultural grounds of political ideology ; Party platforms and topic modeling
; Republican Party platforms, 1856-2016 ; Democratic Party platforms, 1840-2016
; Conclusion : convergences, divergences, and blinkered visions
