True Blues

Contents

Introduction. Who Governs Parties?

Part I. The Rise of the Advocacy Party

Chapter 1. In the Shadow of States' Rights: The New Deal Democratic Party and the Prelude to Reform

Chapter 2. The Undemocratic Party: Antiwar Insurgents and the Party Crisis of 1968

Chapter 3. "Curing the Ills of Democracy": Party Entrepreneurship in the McGovern-Fraser Commission

Chapter 4. The Party Turned Upside Down: The McGovern Nomination and the Backlash Against Reform

Chapter 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

Chapter 6. The Limits of Group Influence: Jimmy Carter and the Demand for Full Employment Policy

Chapter 7. The Officeholders Strike Back: The New Democrats' Resistance to the Advocacy Party

Chapter 8. The Advocate-in-Chief: Barack Obama's Harnessing of the Advocacy Party

Conclusion. The Consequences of the Advocacy Party

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

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• Activismo político
• Direitos cívicos e cidadania
• Partidos políticos
• Direitos humanos

1960s 1970s 1980s; Advocacy party; Coalition for a Democratic Majority; Democratic establishment; Democratic Leadership Council; Democratic neoliberalism; George McGovern; History of the Democratic Party; McGovern-Fraser Commission; New Deal democrat; New Deal Order; New Politics Movement; Party of the People; Political party structure; Populist democrat; What happened to democratic party