Building a Democratic Political Order Reshaping American Liberalism in the 1930s and 1940s

Name: Building a Democratic Political Order Reshaping American Liberalism in the 1930s and 1940s
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ISBN: 9780521034593

ISBN-10: 0521034590

ISBN-13: 9780521034593

Edition: 2006

Authors: David Plotke

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David Plotke analyses the dramatic changes in American politics that occurred during the 1930s and 1940s - including the break-up of national Republican power, the growth of the federal government, the emergence of a new labour movement, American entry into World War II, the Cold War and domestic anti-Communism, and the opening of national political debate about civil rights. The central dynamic of this era was the creation and maintenance of a distinctive new political order, formed through the creative political action of progressive liberals in alliance with mass movements, notably labour. At the core of this new order was a powerful triangle formed by a national state, a leading party,…

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List price: $64.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: the Democratic order as a political project



When does politics changen++



Creating political orders: the logic of the Democratic experience



Democratic opportunities in the crises of the 1930s



Passing the Wagner Act and building a new Democratic state



Party and movements in the Democratic upsurge, 1935-7



Progressive liberalism as pragmatic common sense



Surprising years: electing Truman and sustaining the Democratic order, 1947-9



Passing Taft-Hartley: what the losers won (and what the winners lost)



New political frontsn++ Growth and civil rights in the late 1940s



Democratic anti-Communism and the Cold War



From Truman to Kennedy: the reach and limits of Democratic power



Was the Democratic order democraticn++


Index