Talk:Second Party System
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I recommend prosifying the patterns section. I'll get around to this in the future if I have time ^_^ — Deckiller 02:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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- The section is taken directly from a list and should be numbered, not prosified. The latter loses its impact. Rjensen 03:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How prevalent is this 'party system' stuff
Someone has splattered this "party system" method of understanding American political party development all over American history articles in wiki. But hos prevalent is this system stuff. Who is McCormick, the guy who invented it? Is this system in common use in scholarship, or is it just the academic bailiwick of some little scholar in Pennsylvania, for example? Wise people want to know. I think this article needs to give some background on the "party system" method of understanding American history, who developed it, and what it's all about.
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- Party Systems were introduced by Charles Merriam in 1920s and updated by Chambers and Burnham about 1965. The model appears in most political science textbooks and many history textbooks, and is included in the AP tests in history and government that 300,000 high school students take every year. For an introduction See Lex Renda, "Richard P. Mccormick and the Second American Party System. " Reviews in American History 1995 23(2): 378-389. Issn: 0048-7511 Fulltext in Project Muse. Rjensen 19:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
