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... party that has characterized American political history from the beginning . Clay and the congressional Whigs represented the positive emergence of the strong sense of party identification , party loyalty , party program and policies ...
... party that has characterized American political history from the beginning . Clay and the congressional Whigs represented the positive emergence of the strong sense of party identification , party loyalty , party program and policies ...
Page 897
... party to their moderate - centrist position , realignment might have been minor , or at least prolonged the life of the second party system . But that did not happen . The gravity of the slavery issue was too forceful , and the Whig party ...
... party to their moderate - centrist position , realignment might have been minor , or at least prolonged the life of the second party system . But that did not happen . The gravity of the slavery issue was too forceful , and the Whig party ...
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... party system in its formative years . Perhaps this is to say that threatening problems or the strains of crises must be shared between the party systems and the government.131 It appears that there is a close relationship between the ...
... party system in its formative years . Perhaps this is to say that threatening problems or the strains of crises must be shared between the party systems and the government.131 It appears that there is a close relationship between the ...
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The Ambivalence of the Concept of Party | 597 |
The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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