Movements and Parties - Critical Connections in American Political Development

New account of the interactions between social movements and parties throughout US history and their effects on democracy.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics; Part I. The 'Party Period': 2. Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible; 3. The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System; Part II. The Transitional Period: 4. Women, War, and the Vote; 5. Labor and Civil Rights From the New Deal to the War on Poverty; Part III. Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society: 6. The Long New Right; 7. The Hybridization of the Party System; Part IV. Contemporary Conjunctions: 8. Trumpism and the Movements He Made; 9. Learning About America From Comparison.

About the author

Sidney Tarrow is Emeritus Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government at Cornell University and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell Law School. His recent books include Power in Movement, 3rd ed (2011), War, States, and Contention (2015), and The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement (co-edited with David S. Meyer, 2018).

Summary

Sidney Tarrow offers a new account of how the interactions between social movements and parties have been transformed throughout American history, also impacting the character and resilience of American democracy. The book is for scholars, students, and lay readers interested in American politics and American history.

Product details

• Authors: Sidney Tarrow, Sidney (Cornell University Tarrow, Tarrow Sidney
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781316515556
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51555-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political activism, History of the Americas, Political parties and party platforms, Political activism / Political engagement