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True blues : the contentious transformation of the Democratic Party /
Tracing the rise of the advocacy party from the fall of the New Deal order through the presidency of Barack Obama, True Blues explains how and why the Democratic Party has come to its current crossroads and suggests a bold new perspective for comprehending the dynamics driving American party politic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | American governance.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Who governs parties?
- PART I. THE RISE OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY. 1. In the shadow of states' rights : The New Deal Democratic party and the prelude to reform
- 2. The undemocratic party : Antiwar insurgents and the party crisis of 1968
- 3. "Curing the ills of democracy" : Party entrepreneurship in the McGovern-Fraser Commission
- 4. The party turned upside down : The McGovern nomination and the backlash against reform
- 5. Bringing the counter-reformers back in : The coalition for a Democratic majority and the making of the advocacy party
- PART II. THE POLITICS OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY. 6. The limits of group influence : Jimmy Carter and the demand for full employment policy
- 7. The officeholders strike back : The success and failure of the New Democrats
- 8. The advocate-in-chief : Barack Obama's harnessing of the advocacy party
- Conclusion : The consequences of the advocacy party.