CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. A NOTE ON THE COVER viii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. Preface xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRINCIPLES
7. 1 POLITICAL PARTIES 11
8. 2 GOVERNMENT BENEFITS 19
9. 3 PARTY PLATFORMS AND PRINCIPLES 29
10. PART II. REPUBLICAN PARTY PLANKS
11. 4 BEYOND LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE 43
12. 5 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM PLANKS SINCE 1856 54
13. PART III. PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICANISM
14. 6 ORIGINAL PRINCIPLES 69
15. 7 FINANCING GOVERNMENT 82
16. 8 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 92
17. 9 LAW AND ORDER 100
18. 10 CULTURE AND ORDER 111
19. 11 CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATIVES 123
20. 12 ELECTIONS 130
21. 13 EVOLVING TO ETHNOCENTRISM 143
22. PART IV. REPUBLICANS AS TEAM, TRIBE, AND CULT
23. 14 ELECTORAL TEAMS 159
24. 15 THE POLITICAL TRIBE 178
25. 16 THE PERSONALITY CULT 195
26. PART V. REPUBLICAN RESTORATION
27. 17 THE PARTY IN PERIL 217
28. 18 A REPUBLICAN EPIPHANY 231
29. EPILOGUE: THE NEXT REPUBLICAN ERA 247
30. Appendix A: Validating the Coding 253
31. Appendix B: Accounting for All 2,722 Republican Platform Planks 260
32. Acknowledgments 267
33. Notes 271
34. Bibliography 299
35. Index 313