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This analysis of the contours and social bases of mass voting
behavior in the United States over the course of the third
electoral era, from 1853 to 1892, provides a deep and rich
understanding of the ways in which ethnoreligious values shaped
party combat in the late nineteenth century. It was this uniquely
American mode of ""political confessionals"" that underlay the
distinctive characteristics of the era's electoral universe. In its
exploration of the the political roles of native and immigrant
ethnic and religious groups, this study bridges the gap between
political and social history. The detailed analysis of
ethnoreligious experiences, values, and beliefs is integrated into
an explanation of the relationship between group political
subcultures and partisan preferences which wil be of interest to
political sociologists, political scientists, and also political
and social historians. Unlike other works of this genre, this book
is not confined to a single description of the voting patterns of a
single state, or of a series of states in one geographic region,
but cuts across states and regions, while remaining sensitive to
the enormously significant ways in which political and historical
context conditioned mass political behavior. The author
accomplishes this remarkable fusion by weaving the small patterns
evident in detailed case studies into a larger overview of the
electoral system. The result is a unified conceptual framework that
can be used to understand both American political behavior duing an
important era and the general preconditions of social-group
political consciousness. Challenging in major ways the
liberal-rational assumptions that have dominated political history,
the book provides the foundation for a synthesis of party tactics,
organizational practices, public rhetoric, and elite and mass
behaviors.
n April 1983, Harold Washington became the first black mayor of
Chicago. His victory came at the end of a rancorous campaign that
attracted national media coverage and left Chicago "a city divided
against itself." "Chicago Divided" sensitively reconstructs the
developments that led to Chicago's 1983 political season.
Investigating the election and its background, Kleppner taps a
formidable array of sources--including newspapers, court cases,
public opinion polls, and voting returns--to analyze the causes and
consequences of Chicago's electoral revolution.
In April 1983, Harold Washington became the first black mayor of
Chicago. His victory came at the end of a rancorous campaign that
attracted national media coverage and left Chicago "a city divided
against itself." Chicago Divided sensitively reconstructs the
developments that led to Chicago's 1983 political season.
Investigating the election and its background, Kleppner taps a
formidable array of sources-including newspapers, court cases,
public opinion polls, and voting returns-to analyze the causes and
consequences of Chicago's electoral revolution.
Kleppner's study represents an attempt to move beyond the older
voting studies by questioning their underlying assumptions and
analyzing the changes that occurred at the beginning of the
twentieth century. Rejecting the view that partisan identification
is a nearly unchangeable psychological attachment, he argues that
twentieth century voters were more likely to respond to short-term
factors--fluctuations in the economy, charismatic candidiates,
etc.--than their nineteenth century counterparts. This
reexamination of long-held theories will provide new insight into
assumptions about the links between cultural and ethnic values and
party affiliation.
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