[BOOK][B] First to the party: The group origins of political transformation
C Baylor - 2017 - degruyter.com
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.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 …
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.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 …
First to the party: The group origins of the partisan transformation on civil rights, 1940–1960
CA Baylor - Studies in American Political Development, 2013 - cambridge.org
One of the most momentous shifts in twentieth-century party politics was the Democratic
Party's embrace of civil rights. Recent scholarship finds that this realignment began as early
as the 1940s and traces it to pressure groups, especially organized labor. But such
scholarship does not explain why labor, which was traditionally hostile to African Americans,
began to work with them. Nor does it ascribe agency to the efforts of African American
pressure groups. Focusing on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored …
Party's embrace of civil rights. Recent scholarship finds that this realignment began as early
as the 1940s and traces it to pressure groups, especially organized labor. But such
scholarship does not explain why labor, which was traditionally hostile to African Americans,
began to work with them. Nor does it ascribe agency to the efforts of African American
pressure groups. Focusing on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored …