{"product_id":"donkey-work-congressional-democrats-in-conservative-america-1974-1994-paperback-softback-9780700638093","title":"Donkey Work; Congressional Democrats in Conservative America, 1974-1994 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780700638093","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDonkey Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCongressional Democrats in Conservative America, 1974-1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick Andelic (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700638093\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA welcome contribution to studies of Congress, the Democratic Party’s evolution, and the behavior of a party in opposition.\"—\u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Andelic has written a readable, well-researched, and convincing history of congressional Democrats from 1974 to 1994.\"—\u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Provides insightful lessons.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A powerful and necessary corrective to the idea that US liberalism simply sputtered out with the elections of Nixon and Reagan. Engaging and smart, Andelic shows the persistent power of congressional liberalism in the 1970s, ’80s, and beyond.\"—Jennifer A. Delton, author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply researched and stylishly executed study that brings post–Great Society politics vividly to life. I know of no other book that comes close in terms of conveying both the travail and the resilience of progressive politics during the 1970s and 1980s.\"—Gareth Davies, associate professor of American history, St. Anne's College, Oxford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat happened to the Democratic Party after the 1960s? In many political histories, the McGovern defeat of 1972 announced the party’s decline—and the conservative movement’s ascent. What the conventional narrative neglects, Patrick Andelic submits, is the role of Congress in the party’s, and the nation’s, political fortunes. In \u003ci\u003eDonkey Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Andelic looks at Congress from 1974 to 1994 as the Democratic Party’s stronghold and explores how this twenty-year tenure boosted and undermined the party’s response to the conservative challenge.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf post-1960s America belongs to the conservative movement, Andelic asks, how do we account for the failure of so much of the conservative agenda—especially the shrinking of the federal government? Examining the Democratic Party’s unusual durability in Congress after 1974, \u003ci\u003eDonkey Work\u003c\/i\u003e disrupts the narrative of inexorable liberal decline since the 1970s and reveals the ways in which liberalism and conservatism actually developed in tandem. The book traces the evolution of ideologies within the Democratic Party, particularly the emergence of “neoliberalism,” suggesting that this political philosophy was as much an anticipation of America’s “right turn” as a reaction to it; as factions vied for control of the party, Congress itself both strengthened and weakened liberal resistance to the conservative movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy putting the focus on Congress and legislative politics, in contrast to the “presidential synthesis” that dominates US political history, Andelic’s book offers a new, deeply informed perspective on two turbulent decades of American politics—a perspective that alters and expands our understanding of how we arrived at our present political moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroductions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. “We Came Here to Take the Bastille”: The Midterm Elections of 1974 and the Watergate Babies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. “The Last Election Means the Buck Stops Here”: The Democratic Congress Struggle with Ford, 1975-1976\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Peanuts: The Early Frustrations of the Carter Years, 1976-1978\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Persona Non Carter: The Democratic Party Searches for an Alternative, 1978-1980\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Marauders at the Gates: The Democratic Congress Defends the New Deal State, 1980-1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. “Reaganism with a Human Face”?: The Rise of the Neoliberals, 1980-1992\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue. 1994: The End of the Permanent Democratic Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliographic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531016171800,"sku":"9780700638093","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/donkey-work-congressional-democrats-in-conservative-america-1974-1994-paperback-softback-9780700638093","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}