August 09, 2022

Chapter 9 - Political Parties

1 hour 57 minutes

This chapter will explore why the party system may be the most important component of any true democracy. What are political parties? Why do they form, and why has the United States typically had only two? Why have political parties become so highly structured? Finally, why does it seem that parties today are more polarized than they have been in the past?

Chapter 9 - Political Parties. An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya ([email protected]).

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⏳ TIME STAMPS:

0:00:00 - Welcome

0:00:37 - Introduction

0:01:17 - What Are Parties and How Did They Form? (9.1)

0:26:03 - The Two-Party System (9.2)

0:54:08 - The Shape of Modern Political Parties (9.3)

1:23:42 - Divided Government and Partisan Polarization (9.4)

1:56:15 - Credits

📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:

This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax. Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience. The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0). The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.

The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]

📧CONNECT:

You can contact the producer of this project by emailing [email protected]

🤝SPECIAL THANKS:

The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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