Political ideologies and political parties in America /
Hans Noel.
- xvi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index.
1. Introduction: distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler; 2. The coalition merchants: ideologies, parties, and their interaction; 3. Creative synthesis: why ideology?; 4. The independent development of ideology; 5. Ideology remakes the parties; 6. Issue politics in ideological context; 7. Polarized parties; 8. Conclusion: toward the study of creative synthesis.
This book treats the modern liberal and conservative ideologies as the driving forces behind our modern political parties. Liberalism and conservatism emerged in the twentieth century as important forces independent of existing political parties. These ideologies then reshaped parties in their own image.