First to the Party : : The Group Origins of Political Transformation / / Christopher Baylor.
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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Baylor, Christopher, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut First to the Party : The Group Origins of Political Transformation / Christopher Baylor. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] ©2018 1 online resource (336 p.) : 6 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 nominations to support candidates committed to their interests. Where the nominees then go, the parties also go.Using in-depth archival research and interviews with activists, Christopher Baylor applies this proposition to the two most important party transformations of the twentieth century: the Democratic Party's embrace of civil rights in the 1940s and 50s, and the Republican Party's embrace of cultural conservatism in the 1980s. The choices made by the parties in these circumstances were less a response to candidates or general electoral pressures than to activist and group influences on nominations. Party change is ultimately rooted in group change, which in turn is ultimately rooted in the coalitional and organizational challenges confronting groups. Baylor surveys the factors that determine whether a coalition is viable, including issue overlap, the approval of their own members and staff, and the ability to reach new audiences. Whether groups succeed in transforming parties depends largely on choosing the right allies and adjusting accordingly.In moments of profound party change, the prevailing political forces come to light. With its fine-grained analysis of major party change, First to the Party offers new insight into the classic issues confronting parties, representation, and democracy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) 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. bisacsh Political Science. Public Policy. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110550306 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294514 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812294514 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812294514.jpg |
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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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