First to the party : the group origins of party transformation / Christopher Baylor.
First to the party : the group origins of party transformation / Christopher Baylor.
First to the party : the group origins of party transformation / Christopher Baylor.
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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G 2020/0554
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English
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321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Building blocs: groups and contested party transformations -- Overcoming a troubled history: civil rights groups seek a coalition with labor -- Labor's interest in a civil rights coalition -- Twisting the donkey's tail: how groups changed a reluctant party -- Maintaining the democratic trajectory on...
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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Pennsylvania
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[2018]
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What determines the interests, ideologies, and alliances that make up political parties? In its entire history, the United States has had only a handful of party transformations. First to the Party concludes that groups like unions and churches, not voters or politicians, are the most consistent influences on party transformation.
"The 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 inter...
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First to the party : the group origins of party transformation / Christopher Baylor.
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American governance : politics, policy, and public law
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/0554
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74VKaZabDOBO
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0812249631 hardcover alkaline paper
9780812249637 hardcover alkaline paper
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324.273
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991024290912102626
