Seeking a New Majority

Robert Mason And Iwan Morgan

Description

The rise of the Republican Party from its mid-twentieth-century minority status between 1960 and 1980 had a profound impact on American politics that is still being felt in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The GOP would move to the right in its pursuit of electoral ascendancy, but considerable debate within the party surrounded this shift and its success was far from certain. Ultimately, however, this development would culminate in the transformational election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980.


Seeking a New Majority assembles an international group of scholars to move beyond the ideas and activities of party leaders who have hitherto received the bulk of historical attention. It illuminates how the Republican Party expanded its regional base, especially in the South, appealed to new constituencies ranging from blue-collar workers to Christian fundamentalists, and enhanced the political appeal of conservatism. It also examines how Republicans engaged in a remarkable organizational and intellectual mobilization to challenge Democratic Party dominance--in search of a new majority.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Politics
• United States
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826518910
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

SEEKINGA NEWMAJORITY T H E R E P U B L I C A N PA R T Y A N D A M E R I C A N P O L I T I C S , 1 9 6 0 – 1 9 8 0 E D I T E D B Y Robert Mason and Iwan Morgan

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The Republican Party and American Politics, 1960–1980

Edîted by Robert Mason and ïwan Morgan

Vanderbilt University Press NASHVILLE

© 2013  Vâé Uéŝ Péŝŝ âŝé, Tééŝŝéé 37235 à ŝ éŝéé Fŝ  2013

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ISBN 978-0-8265-1889-7 (çô) ISBN 978-0-8265-1891-0 (é-ôô)

Contents

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

I N T R O D U C T I O N Republicans in SearcH of a New Majority Robert Mason and ïwan Morgan

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he Rise of Conservative Republicanism à ŝô ô Fŝ â Śâŝ Donad T. Crîtcow

Race, Region, and tHe SHadow of tHe New Deal Tîmoty N. hurber

“he Republican Party Is Truly tHe Party of tHe ‘Open Door’” Eç àéçâŝ â é Réûçâ Pâ  é 1970ŝ Joe Merton

he Republican Party and tHe Problem of Diversity, 1968–1975 Caterîne E. Rymp

Republican Populism in tHe Quest for a New Majority Pâ ûçââ  é Wé ôûŝé Tîmoty Staney

JoHn Tower, Texas, and tHe Rise of tHe Republican SoutH Sean P. Cunnîngam

Uneasy Alliance hé Réôûŝ R â é Réûçâ Pâ Robert Freedman

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Building Consensus hé Réûçâ R â Fôé Pôç, 1960–1980 Sandra Scanon

Foreign Policy and tHe Republican Quest for a New Majority Robert Mason

1 0 Taxation as a Republican Issue in tHe Era of Stagflation ïwan Morgan

1 1 Rendezvous witH Destiny hé Réûçâ Pâ â é 1980 Eéçô Domînîc Sandbrook

E P I L O G U E he Ongoing Republican SearcH for a New Majority since 1980 Robert Mason and ïwan Morgan

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Introductîon

Republicans in SearcH of a New Majority

Robert Mason and ïwan Morgan

é 1960ŝ â 1970ŝ éé â é ô ŝôçâ, éçôôç, â ôçâ ûû  é Ué Śâéŝ. hé ûéââŝ ô ŝ éâ â ôôû çôŝéqûéçéŝ ŝç T é é é Déâ, é Déôçâç Pâ ôŝ ŝ çéâ-çû âŝçéâç  âôâ ô é âô’ŝ ô â ôçâ âéŝ. â éôé âô ŝâûŝ ôçŝ. W é ôôŝô  éçé, é Réûçâ Pâ â é ôôû-  ô ééŝâŝ ŝé, ô é iŝ é ŝçé é 1920ŝ, âŝ é ôâ ôçé  é ô-â ŝŝé. â éçôéé ô é â ô ééçôâ çââŝôé  1964, é GOP (Gâ O Pâ) ââé ééé â é éâ ô ôé  1980. Uâé, Réûçâ ôéŝ ô â éâé çôââé ô â ç âûçé é é Déâ ôçâ ôé  1928–1936 ûé ôû ô é éâûé. hŝ qûéŝ ô â é âô  ô éŝû  é çéâô ô â ôâ ééçôâ çôâô. éâŝûé  â féé âŝç, ôéé,  âŝ â ŝûççéŝŝ. héé â âé éé ô âô â  àéçâ ôçŝ û é iâ éâŝ ô é éé çé- û, û é ôéû â  é GOP. ï çôâŝ ô é -éé çé- û,  âŝ é Réûçâŝ âé â é Déôçâŝ ô â é ûé â   ŝâ é âô’ŝ ôçâ çôûŝé.  hŝ ôô ôféŝ â é éôâô ô é Réûçâ éâ. ï ŝ â ŝûéç â ŝ çéâ ô â ûéŝâ ô U.Ś. ôçâ ŝô û é ŝéçô â ô é éé çéû, û âŝ ô  ééâ éâçé é ôéô ô ŝçôâ âéô. ï çôâŝ, é ééôé ô àéçâ çôŝéâŝ ôé é ŝâé éô âŝ ââçé â ûûŝûâ ç â çéâé ŝôôâ ŝçé é éâ 1990ŝ. hŝ ôç ŝ ô ôé “ŝôé ô â ôâ  ŝôçâ ŝçôâŝ,”  âŝ àâ é û   1994. U éçé, ôéé, ŝçûŝŝô ô é Réû- çâ Pâ éâé ô é âŝ ô ŝ ééŝé.Seekîng a New Majorîtyâŝ ô ééŝŝ ŝ éâé ééç  éŝé éŝ éŝéçéŝ ô é GOP éâ ô ŝçôâŝ ô  ŝ ié. hé çôûôŝ ô ŝ ôûé ŝâ é éééçé ô â é ŝôôâ â éçôzéŝ é ŝiçâçé ô é Réû- çâ Pâ’ŝ éâ ô ô é ââçé ô àéçâ çôŝéâŝ â ô é ôâé ééôé ô U.Ś. ôçŝ  é âé éé çéû â éô.  hé çôûôŝ ô ŝ ŝû ŝçôûâé â ôôçâûŝâ éââô ô é Ré- ûçâ éŝûéçé  éâŝz é çôé ô é ŝŝûéŝ ôé. hé

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