First to the Party : The Group Origins of Political Transformation /

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The United States has scores of potential issues and ideologies but only two major political parties. How parties respond to competing demands for their attention is therefore central to American democracy. First to the Party argues that organized groups set party agendas by invading party nominatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baylor, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Colección:American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law
Temas:
Political participation > United States > History > 20th century.
Political participation > United States > History > 21st century.
Political parties > United States > History > 20th century.
Political parties > United States > History > 21st century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Building Blocs: Groups and Contested Party Transformations
  • Chapter 2. Overcoming a Troubled History: Civil Rights Groups Seek a Coalition with Labor
  • Chapter 3. Labor's Interest in a Civil Rights Coalition
  • Chapter 4. Twisting the Donkey's Tail: How Groups Changed a Reluctant Party
  • Chapter 5. Maintaining the Democratic Trajectory on Civil Rights
  • Chapter 6. Conservative Christians Before the Christian Right
  • Chapter 7. A Christian Right Takes Shape
  • Chapter 8. The First Wave of Cultural Conservative Politics
  • Chapter 9. Eating the Elephant, One Bite at a Time: Influencing a National Party Through State Politics
  • Chapter 10. Conversions: Republican Nominations After Reagan
  • Chapter 11. Other Evidence: Populism and Gay Rights
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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