Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The antiparty constitutional tradition from Bolingbroke to Van Buren -- The antiparty consensus of the Illinois democracy -- State sovereignty and the "Proscriptive party," 1828-1830 -- National politics, the Constitution, and the price of party in Illinois, 1831-1834 -- Partyism unchained, 1834-1836 -- The spoils aristocracy and the paper aristocracy, 1837-1838 -- Ideological origins of the two-party constitution, 1839 -- The elections of 1839-1840 : popular sovereignty? -- The rise and fall of constitutional partyism : Illinois and the nation, 1815-1854.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work uncovers the constitutional foundations of that most essential institution of modern democracy, the political party. It rejects the view that Martin Van Buren and other Jacksonian politicians had the idea of a modern party system in mind when they built the original democratic system.
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Title
Invention of party politics.
International Standard Book Number
0807827444
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Party politics
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political parties-- Illinois-- History-- 19th century.
Political parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.