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100	1		_aWARE, Alan _911184
245	1	0	_aAnti-partism and party control of political reform in the United States : _bthe case of the Australian Ballot
260			_cjan.2000
520	3		_aThis article examines critically an explanation, first propounded by Austin Ranney, as to the causes of party reform in the United States. Ranney argued that there is an ambivalent attitude to parties in the United States; while there is evidence of popular support for parties, the political culture is also infused by anti-party values. Periodically this has facilitated the enactment of legislation, promoted by anti-party reformers, constraining parties. Focusing on the Australian Ballot, the article argues that its rapid adoption in the United States resulted from its seeming to solve problems facing party elites inthe 1880s - problems that arose from the erosion of a face-to-face society. Despite opposition from anti-party reformers, parties in most states legislated for types of ballot that preserved party control of the electorate. Moreover, during the progressive era the parties generally continued to preserve a type of ballot that favoured them. The ability of parties to defend their interests against anti-party reformers was possible when it was clear where those interests lay. With other reforms, including the direct primary, this was much less evident, and it was then far more difficult for the parties to defend themselves
773	0	8	_tBritish Journal of Political Science _g30, part 1, p. 1-29 _d, jan.2000 _w
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998			_a20030203 _bLucima _cLucimara
998			_a20060724 _b1658^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c10802 _d10802
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