Download or read book Dynamics of the Party System written by James L. Sundquist and published by Washington : The Brookings Institution. This book was released on 1973 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on three major realignments of the past -- those of the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1930s -- Sundquist traces the processes by which basic transformations of the country's two-party system occur. From the historical case studies, he fashions a theory as to the why and how of party realignment.