First to the Party - The Group Origins of Political Transformation

Christopher Baylor is an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Christopher Baylor is an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

Zusammenfassung

What determines the interests, ideologies, and alliances that make up political parties? In its entire history, the United States has had only a handful of party transformations. First to the Party concludes that groups like unions and churches, not voters or politicians, are the most consistent influences on party transformation.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christopher Baylor
• Verlag: University of pennsylvania pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780812249637
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4963-7
• Seiten: 336
• Serien: American Governance: Politics,; American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law; American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law; American Governance: Politics,
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung