Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- 6 The Long New Right
- 7 The Hybridization of the Party System
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
6 - The Long New Right
from Part III - Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- 6 The Long New Right
- 7 The Hybridization of the Party System
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
The weakening of the Republican party organization and the counter-movement agfainst civil rights and liberalism created the incentives and the opening for a new take-no-prisoners conservative movemetn to enter the GOP and defeat its moderate branch. This was the major force leading to the current polarizaiton of American politics.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 127 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021