Challengers to duopoly : why third parties matter in American two-party politics / by Gillespie, J. David, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1: Duopoly and its Challengers -- 2: Protecting Major-Party Turf -- 3: On the Outside, Looking In -- 4: Constitutionalists, Greens, and Libertarians -- 5: The Early Years: Short-Lived Parties before 1860 -- 6: Union, Reform, and Class: Short-Lived Parties, 1860-1908 -- 7: Thunder Left and Right: Short-Lived Parties, 1912-1960s -- 8: George Wallace and Beyond: Short-Lived Parties, 1968 and After -- 9: The New Independents: The Anderson and Perot Movements -- 10: Taking the Less-Traveled Road: Women, African Americans, Latinos -- 11: Doctrinal Parties 1: The Socialists and Communists -- 12: Doctrinal Parties 2: The Neo-Nazis -- 13: State/Local Significant Others -- 14: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The Third-Party Legacy and the Future -- Appendix 1: Web Sites of Nonmajor Parties and Related Information Sources -- Appendix 2: Minor-Party and Independent Candidates Receiving More Than 1 Percent of Popular Vote for President -- Appendix 3: Candidates and Votes for President, 2008 -- Appendix 4: Third-Party and Independent Gubernatorial Popular Elections -- Appendix 5: Third-Party Presence (Excluding Independents) at Opening Sessions of the U.S. …”
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