{"product_id":"true-blues-the-contentious-transformation-of-the-democratic-party-hardback-9780812252996","title":"True Blues; The Contentious Transformation of the Democratic Party (Hardback) 9780812252996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrue Blues\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Contentious Transformation of the Democratic Party\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Hilton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812252996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Adam Hilton's \u003ci\u003eTrue Blues\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully demonstrates how the New Politics movement both succeeded and failed to achieve its goals. In his telling, the hard-fought battle between extra-party groups from the New Left — the civil rights, feminist, and antiwar movements and the labor unions allied with them — and established officeholders shaped the Democrats into the party it is today.\" (Jacobin) \"In this imaginative, lively book on the history of the Democratic Party, Hilton offers a challenge to existing scholarship on the evolution of the Democratic Party since the end of the New Deal. Instead of affirming the role of party leaders and officeholders as the main force in shaping the party's direction, this book argues that 'conflict between extra-party groups' controlled political changes...This study allows for a greater understanding of the change that has taken and continues to take place in the Democratic Party.\" (Choice) \"\u003ci\u003eTrue Blues\u003c\/i\u003e offers an excellent history of internal Democratic Party dynamics, consistent with but expanding on useful general political science histories…Hilton's model of change, where party entrepreneurs take advantage of a crisis, face an electoral test, and then struggle against opponents, is a useful addition to understanding American parties, as is his description of the Democratic Party as an 'advocacy party.'\" (Party Politics) \"\u003ci\u003e!n True Blues, \u003c\/i\u003eAdam Hilton offers a comprehensive look into the process of layered reform that created the modern Democratic Party...[A] compelling read for those pondering the major questions facing Democrats today.\" (Comparative Politics) \"[A]n important book with a rich and detailed account of reform and counter-reform that would be most useful to anyone seeking to understand just what the modern Democratic Party is and how it got to be that way. Students, scholars, and political journalists will find much in here of value, and it is indispensable for those seeking to describe the past half century of Democratic Party politics.\" (Forum Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the transformation of the Democratic Party since the late 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Who governs political parties? Recent insurgent campaigns, such as those of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have thrust this critical question to the center of political debate for casual observers and scholars alike. Yet the dynamics of modern party politics remain poorly understood. Assertions of either elite control or interest group dominance both fail to explain the Trump victory and the surprise of the Sanders insurgency and their subsequent reverberations through the American political landscape.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTrue Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Hilton tackles the question of who governs parties by examining the transformation of the Democratic Party since the late 1960s. Reconceiving parties as \"contentious institutions,\" Hilton argues that Democratic Party change was driven by recurrent conflicts between groups and officeholders to define and control party identity, program, and policy. The outcome of this prolonged struggle was a wholly new kind of party—an advocacy party—which institutionalized greater party dependence on outside groups for legitimacy and organizational support, while also, in turn, fostering greater group dependency on the presidency for the satisfaction of its symbolic and substantive demands. Consequently, while the long conflict between party reformers and counter-reformers successfully opened the Democratic Party to new voices and identities, it also facilitated the growth of presidential power, rising inequality, and deepening partisan polarization.\u003cbr\u003e Tracing the rise of the advocacy party from the fall of the New Deal order through the presidency of Barack Obama, \u003ci\u003eTrue Blues\u003c\/i\u003e explains how and why the Democratic Party has come to its current crossroads and suggests a bold new perspective for comprehending the dynamics driving American party politics more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction. Who Governs Parties?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. The Rise of the Advocacy Party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. In the Shadow of States' Rights: The New Deal Democratic Party and the Prelude to Reform\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Undemocratic Party: Antiwar Insurgents and the Party Crisis of 1968\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \"Curing the Ills of Democracy\": Party Entrepreneurship in the McGovern-Fraser Commission\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Party Turned Upside Down: The McGovern Nomination and the Backlash Against Reform\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Bringing the Counter-Reformers Back In: The Coalition for a Democratic Majority and the Making of the Advocacy Party\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. The Politics of the Advocacy Party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Limits of Group Influence: Jimmy Carter and the Demand for Full Employment Policy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Officeholders Strike Back: The New Democrats' Resistance to the Advocacy Party\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Advocate-in-Chief: Barack Obama's Harnessing of the Advocacy Party\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion. The Consequences of the Advocacy Party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559245017368,"sku":"9780812252996","price":36.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/true-blues-the-contentious-transformation-of-the-democratic-party-hardback-9780812252996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}