Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 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
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
5 - Labor and Civil Rights from the New Deal to the War on Poverty
from Part II - The Transitional Period
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 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
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
As the Republican Party narrowed and weakened in the late 20t century, it became home to a succession of conservative movements which largely defeated the party’s moderate wing, lent it a more ideological coloration, and initiated the sharp polarization in American politics that lasted into the early 21st century.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 97 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021