| Contents |
Alphabetical list of entries -- Chronological list of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Primary document list -- Chronology. |
| Abstract |
"This three-volume set explores the multiple roles that parties and interest groups have played in American politics from the nation's beginnings to the present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract |
This set serves as an essential resource for analyzing the emergence and impact of parties and interest groups in the American political system and for understanding the systematic and structural bases for interest group and party behavior. Volume One opens with an introduction by the editors that provides a general overview of the eras and identifies important themes and events, laying a foundation on which the subsequent essays and primary documents for each interest group or political party builds. Narrative essays focus on how specific parties or interest groups have shaped or reflect a particular set of events or general themes in each of the eras in American political history. Topical entries reflect key themes developed throughout the volumes. Entries range from important founding groups and parties to contemporary political action committees and policy advocacy groups. The set also includes primary source documents (e.g., letters, platform documents, court decisions, flyers, etc.) that reveal important dimensions of the corresponding group's political influence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Political groups, parties, and organizations that shaped America. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, [2019] 9781440851964 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Encyclopedias. |
| Genre/form | Sources. |
| Genre/form | Encyclopedias. |
| ISBN | 9781440851971 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1440851972 electronic book |
