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True Blues AMERICAN GOVERNANCE: POLITICS, POLICY, AND PUBLIC LAW Series Editors: Richard Valelly, Pamela Brandwein, Marie Gottschalk, Christopher Howard A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. True Blues The Contentious Transformation of the Democratic Party Adam Hilton University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Copyright © 2021 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www . upenn . edu / pennpress Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid- free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hilton, Adam, author. Title: True blues : the contentious transformation of the Democratic Party / Adam Hilton. Other titles: American governance. Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] | Series: American governance: politics, policy, and public law | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020037061 | ISBN 9780812252996 (hardback) Subjects: LCSH: Democratic Party (U.S.)—History—20th century. | Democratic Party (U.S.)—History—21st century. | United States—Politics and government— 20th century. | United States—Politics and government—21st century. Classification: LCC JK2316 .H55 2021 | DDC 324.2736—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020037061 For Ashlee CONTENTS Introduction. Who Governs Parties? 1 PART I. THE RISE OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY Chapter 1. In the Shadow of States’ Rights: The New Deal Demo cratic Party and the Prelude to Reform 25 Chapter 2. The Undemo cratic Party: Antiwar Insurgents and the Party Crisis of 1968 47 Chapter 3. “Curing the Ills of Democracy”: Party Entrepreneurship in the McGovern- Fraser Commission 66 Chapter 4. The Party Turned Upside Down: The McGovern Nomination and the Backlash Against Reform 88 Chapter 5. Bringing the Counter- Reformers Back In: The Co ali tion for a Demo cratic Majority and the Making of the Advocacy Party 110 PART II. THE POLITICS OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY Chapter 6. The Limits of Group Influence: Jimmy Car ter and the Demand for Full Employment Policy 131 Chapter 7. The Officeholders Strike Back: The Success and Failure of the New Democrats 147 viii Contents Chapter 8. The Advocate- in- Chief: Barack Obama’s Harnessing of the Advocacy Party 171 Conclusion. The Consequences of the Advocacy Party 192 Notes 207 Index 249 Acknowl edgments 263 True Blues
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