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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aBaylor, Christopher _eautore
245	1	0	_aFirst to the Party : _bThe Group Origins of Political Transformation / _cChristopher Baylor.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a1 online resource (336 p.) : _b6 illus.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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490	0		_aAmerican Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tChapter 1. Building Blocs: Groups and Contested Party Transformations -- _tChapter 2. Overcoming a Troubled History: Civil Rights Groups Seek a Coalition with Labor -- _tChapter 3. Labor’s Interest in a Civil Rights Coalition -- _tChapter 4. Twisting the Donkey’s Tail: How Groups Changed a Reluctant Party -- _tChapter 5. Maintaining the Democratic Trajectory on Civil Rights -- _tChapter 6. Conservative Christians Before the Christian Right -- _tChapter 7. A Christian Right Takes Shape -- _tChapter 8. The First Wave of Cultural Conservative Politics -- _tChapter 9. Eating the Elephant, One Bite at a Time: Influencing a National Party Through State Politics -- _tChapter 10. Conversions: Republican Nominations After Reagan -- _tChapter 11. Other Evidence: Populism and Gay Rights -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes -- _tManuscript Sources -- _tIndex -- _tAcknowledgments
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe United States has scores of potential issues and ideologies but only two major political parties. How parties respond to competing demands for their attention is therefore central to American democracy. First to the Party argues that organized groups set party agendas by invading party nominations to support candidates committed to their interests. Where the nominees then go, the parties also go.Using in-depth archival research and interviews with activists, Christopher Baylor applies this proposition to the two most important party transformations of the twentieth century: the Democratic Party's embrace of civil rights in the 1940s and 50s, and the Republican Party's embrace of cultural conservatism in the 1980s. The choices made by the parties in these circumstances were less a response to candidates or general electoral pressures than to activist and group influences on nominations. Party change is ultimately rooted in group change, which in turn is ultimately rooted in the coalitional and organizational challenges confronting groups. Baylor surveys the factors that determine whether a coalition is viable, including issue overlap, the approval of their own members and staff, and the ability to reach new audiences. Whether groups succeed in transforming parties depends largely on choosing the right allies and adjusting accordingly.In moments of profound party change, the prevailing political forces come to light. With its fine-grained analysis of major party change, First to the Party offers new insight into the classic issues confronting parties, representation, and democracy.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
650		0	_aPolitical parties _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical parties _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. _2bisacsh
653			_aPolitical Science.
653			_aPublic Policy.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294514
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812294514
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