True blues : the contentious transformation of the Democratic Party / Adam Hilton.

Author: Hilton, Adam, 1984- author.

Edition Statement:1st edition.

ImprintPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]

Descriptionviii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction. Who Governs Parties? -- PART I. THE RISE OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY -- In the Shadow of States' Rights: The New Deal Democratic Party and the Prelude to Reform -- The Undemocratic Party: Antiwar Insurgents and the Party Crisis of 1968 -- "Curing the Ills of Democracy": Party Entrepreneurship in the McGovern-Fraser Commission -- The Party Turned Upside Down: The McGovern Nomination and the Backlash Against Reform --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 -- The Limits of Group Influence: Jimmy Carter and the Demand for Full Employment Policy -- The Officeholders Strike Back: The Success and Failure of the New Democrats -- The Advocate-in-Chief: Barack Obama's Harnessing of the Advocacy Party -- Conclusion. The Consequences of the Advocacy Party.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"This book examines the transformation of the Democratic Party from the 1930s to the Obama administration."-- Provided by publisher.

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