The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan

AvRobert Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally characterized the electoral record of the Republican party. Although Republicans sometimes secured victory in presidential contests, a majority of Americans identified with the Democratic party, not the GOP. This book investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status and why their efforts to boost GOP fortunes usually ended in failure. At the heart of the Republicans' minority puzzle was the profound and persistent popularity of New Deal liberalism. This puzzle was stubbornly resistant to solution. Efforts to develop a Republican version of government activism met little success. Only the Democratic party's decline eventually created opportunities for Republican resurgence. This book is the first to offer a wide-ranging analysis of the topic, which is of central importance to any understanding of modern US political history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 5 mm
Vikt:1 800 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:322
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107666146

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Robert Mason is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh, where he has worked since 1998. In 2004–5 he held a fellowship at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress. Professor Mason is the author of Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority (2004).

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'History is written by the victors, says the old saw, and so it always seems with the Democratic Party and the long New Deal era. Robert Mason has set out to correct this imbalance with a rich and careful study of politicking inside the Republican Party from the arrival of Franklin Roosevelt to the arrival of Ronald Reagan. We meet the major players, the major factions, the major policies, and the major strategic gambits, all jousting for the chance to bring that long era to an end. Along the way, we are reminded how difficult it is to make sense of our own time while it unfolds and how difficult it is, as a result, to line up the coalition behind some alternative vision.' Byron E. Shafer, Hawkins Chair of Political Science, University of Wisconsin

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. From old Home Melodies to jazz music: 1928–33; 2. As Maine goes, so goes Vermont: 1933–9; 3. The simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer: 1939–45; 4. Liberty versus socialism: 1945–53; 5. Modern Republicanism: 1953–61; 6. A choice, not an echo: 1960–8; 7. There's a realignment going on: 1968–76; 8. You are witnessing the great realignment: 1977–89; Conclusion.