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Donkey work : congressional Democrats in conservative America, 1974-1994
- Title
- Donkey work : congressional Democrats in conservative America, 1974-1994 / Patrick Andelic.
- Author
- Andelic, Patrick Kieron, 1987-
- Publication
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xxiv, 274 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "What happened to the Democratic Party after the 1960s? Most political histories assume that the latter third of the twentieth century belongs to the American conservative movement. But narratives of conservative triumph and liberal disintegration cannot account for the policy failures that conservatives encountered, especially their inability to significantly reduce the scope of the federal government. By re-examining the fortunes of the Democratic Party after 1974, Patrick Andelic challenges the idea of a liberal retreat on all fronts after the 1960s. Andelic argues that "presidential synthesis" (the interpreting of American political history through the prism of presidential administrations) often has the effect of obscuring longer trends. He focuses instead on Congress during this period, which has remained chronically understudied by historians. It was in Congress that Democratic strength proved the most durable. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives and, for all but six years, the Senate as well. By the late 1980s, some commentators began to speak of a "permanent Democratic majority" in Congress. By pulling the focus away from the White House to Capitol Hill, Andelic reveals the overlooked robustness of the Democrats after 1972"--
- Alternative Title
- Congressional Democrats in conservative America, 1974-1994
- Democrats in conservative America, 1974-1994
- Subjects
- Political parties
- United States
- Conservatism
- Political parties > United States > History > 20th century
- History
- Democratic Party (U.S.) History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 20th century
- Politics and government
- 1900-1999
- Conservatism > United States > History
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index.
- Contents
- "We came here to take the Bastille" : the midterm elections of 1974 and the Watergate babies -- "The last election means the buck stops here" : the Democratic Congress struggles with Ford, 1975-1976 -- Peanuts : the early frustrations of the Carter years, 1976-1978 -- Persona non Carter : the Democratic party searches for an alternative, 1978-1980 -- Marauders at the gates : the Democratic Congress defends the new deal state, 1981-1984 -- "Reaganism with a human face" : the rise of the neoliberals, 1980-1992 -- Epilogue : 1994-the end of the permanent Democratic Congress.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9976
- ISBN
- 9780700628032
- 0700628037
- LCCN
- 2018058810
- OCLC
- 1066117516
- Author
- Andelic, Patrick Kieron, 1987- author.
- Title
- Donkey work : congressional Democrats in conservative America, 1974-1994 / Patrick Andelic.
- Publisher
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9976