Francis G. Castles
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- November 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780199270170
- eISBN:
- 9780191601514
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199270171.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This book uses data from 21 OECD countries for the period 1980 to 1998 to test a variety of hypotheses suggesting that contemporary welfare states are in crisis and to establish the factors shaping ...
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This book uses data from 21 OECD countries for the period 1980 to 1998 to test a variety of hypotheses suggesting that contemporary welfare states are in crisis and to establish the factors shaping the trajectory of welfare state development during these years. It assesses the validity of arguments that globalization leads to a ‘race to the bottom’ in social spending and that population ageing poses a threat to public budgets. It finds both of these arguments wanting and, instead, suggests that contemporary welfare states have been converging to a steady state over recent decades. The book also examines the extent to which welfare states across the OECD have been restructured in recent years and whether there are signs of the emergence of a distinctive European ‘social model’. Again, it finds that accounts of substantial welfare state restructuring and of the Europeanization of the welfare state are much exaggerated. Finally, the book identifies a potential threat to the viability of existing societies in a trend to declining fertility throughout the advanced world, but argues that the welfare state in the form of family-friendly policy is actually our best protection against this trend.Less
This book uses data from 21 OECD countries for the period 1980 to 1998 to test a variety of hypotheses suggesting that contemporary welfare states are in crisis and to establish the factors shaping the trajectory of welfare state development during these years. It assesses the validity of arguments that globalization leads to a ‘race to the bottom’ in social spending and that population ageing poses a threat to public budgets. It finds both of these arguments wanting and, instead, suggests that contemporary welfare states have been converging to a steady state over recent decades. The book also examines the extent to which welfare states across the OECD have been restructured in recent years and whether there are signs of the emergence of a distinctive European ‘social model’. Again, it finds that accounts of substantial welfare state restructuring and of the Europeanization of the welfare state are much exaggerated. Finally, the book identifies a potential threat to the viability of existing societies in a trend to declining fertility throughout the advanced world, but argues that the welfare state in the form of family-friendly policy is actually our best protection against this trend.
Oddbjørn Knutsen and Staffan Kumlin
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199273218
- eISBN:
- 9780191602962
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199273219.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The general hypothesis of the book is that the power of long-term factors to explain party choice has gradually become weaker. Since value orientations can be considered as long-term factors, one ...
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The general hypothesis of the book is that the power of long-term factors to explain party choice has gradually become weaker. Since value orientations can be considered as long-term factors, one should expect the explanatory power of value orientations to decline over time. However, the empirical evidence in this chapter suggests that the impact of values is regulated by the political context. This contextual factor includes the extent to which citizens learn to make use of ideological labels and concepts, the extent to which they receive ideological cues in order to choose on the basis of values, as well as the affective strength with which values are endorsed. The apparent decrease in perceived party polarisation in the 1990s led to a decline of the extent to which extremely economic left-right values matter for party choice.Less
The general hypothesis of the book is that the power of long-term factors to explain party choice has gradually become weaker. Since value orientations can be considered as long-term factors, one should expect the explanatory power of value orientations to decline over time. However, the empirical evidence in this chapter suggests that the impact of values is regulated by the political context. This contextual factor includes the extent to which citizens learn to make use of ideological labels and concepts, the extent to which they receive ideological cues in order to choose on the basis of values, as well as the affective strength with which values are endorsed. The apparent decrease in perceived party polarisation in the 1990s led to a decline of the extent to which extremely economic left-right values matter for party choice.
Jack Vowles
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199257560
- eISBN:
- 9780191603280
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199257566.003.0014
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
New Zealand experienced fundamental electoral system reform in the mid-1990s when voters, in a referendum, decided to replace the single-member plurality system by proportional representation ...
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New Zealand experienced fundamental electoral system reform in the mid-1990s when voters, in a referendum, decided to replace the single-member plurality system by proportional representation achieved through a mixed compensatory system. This has reinforced the trend towards a multi-party system, and resulted in coalition government becoming the norm. It has also produced a more socio-demographically representative parliament. Some opposition to the mixed system remains, but overall, the effects of the change are perceived as beneficial.Less
New Zealand experienced fundamental electoral system reform in the mid-1990s when voters, in a referendum, decided to replace the single-member plurality system by proportional representation achieved through a mixed compensatory system. This has reinforced the trend towards a multi-party system, and resulted in coalition government becoming the norm. It has also produced a more socio-demographically representative parliament. Some opposition to the mixed system remains, but overall, the effects of the change are perceived as beneficial.
Francis G. Castles
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- November 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780199270170
- eISBN:
- 9780191601514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199270171.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Uses statistical techniques to model the determinants of aggregate social expenditure change in 21 OECD countries over the period 1980 to 1998. The main focus is on testing hypotheses relating to the ...
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Uses statistical techniques to model the determinants of aggregate social expenditure change in 21 OECD countries over the period 1980 to 1998. The main focus is on testing hypotheses relating to the impact of economic globalization and the so-called ‘new politics’ of the welfare state. The analysis suggests that neither of these accounts is persuasive. Instead, the main factors shaping recent expenditure change appear to have been programme maturation, economic growth, deindustrialization and left partisan politics.Less
Uses statistical techniques to model the determinants of aggregate social expenditure change in 21 OECD countries over the period 1980 to 1998. The main focus is on testing hypotheses relating to the impact of economic globalization and the so-called ‘new politics’ of the welfare state. The analysis suggests that neither of these accounts is persuasive. Instead, the main factors shaping recent expenditure change appear to have been programme maturation, economic growth, deindustrialization and left partisan politics.
Philip Lambert
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195390070
- eISBN:
- 9780199863570
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390070.003.0003
- Subject:
- Music, Theory, Analysis, Composition, Popular
This chapter explores the early years of the songwriting partnership between Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who began writing songs together in 1957 for a Broadway musical about boxing, The Body ...
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This chapter explores the early years of the songwriting partnership between Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who began writing songs together in 1957 for a Broadway musical about boxing, The Body Beautiful. Though the show, which opened in 1958, was not a success, Bock and Harnick worked together again on songs for a musical based on the life of Fiorello La Guardia, the beloved New York City mayor, congressman, and war hero. Fiorello! (1959) was a huge success, earning them and their collaborators—writer-director George Abbott and his co-author Jerome Weidman—Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Bock and Harnick quickly became known not only for their stylish, singable melodies and clever lyrics, but also for their attentiveness as songwriters to the dramatic circumstances of each song in the show.Less
This chapter explores the early years of the songwriting partnership between Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who began writing songs together in 1957 for a Broadway musical about boxing, The Body Beautiful. Though the show, which opened in 1958, was not a success, Bock and Harnick worked together again on songs for a musical based on the life of Fiorello La Guardia, the beloved New York City mayor, congressman, and war hero. Fiorello! (1959) was a huge success, earning them and their collaborators—writer-director George Abbott and his co-author Jerome Weidman—Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Bock and Harnick quickly became known not only for their stylish, singable melodies and clever lyrics, but also for their attentiveness as songwriters to the dramatic circumstances of each song in the show.
Maarten A. Hajer
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199281671
- eISBN:
- 9780191713132
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199281671.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The decision what and how to rebuild at ‘Ground Zero’ is a highly symbolic and contentious act, with high financial stakes, in which the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Port Authority, ...
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The decision what and how to rebuild at ‘Ground Zero’ is a highly symbolic and contentious act, with high financial stakes, in which the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Port Authority, private stakeholders, mourning families, and inhabitants compete about the meaning of the site. Examining the stories of Ground Zero the chapter makes out four different discourses: (1) The Programme (2) Memorial Discourse, (3) Revitalization, and (4) Phoenix. The chapter studies the policy process focusing on two policy practices through which the meaning of rebuilding Ground Zero gets enacted in a particularly interesting way for the book. Listening to the city and the subsequent Design study constitute examples of opening up a closed process. The empirical analysis shows how new techniques of deliberation were employed, allowing many publics into the policy conversation. It also reveals interesting examples of how to recombine expertise and participation, and design experts cooperating with various audiences. However, by the lack of a creative follow-up, and a script that would have kept the public involved, the ‘rebuilding as a democracy’ in the end turns out to be an unhappy performative. In the end the oyster of classical-modernist politics that was forced open, closed again. A chance for an authoritative governance based on the story line of ‘we must rebuild as a democracy’ was missed.Less
The decision what and how to rebuild at ‘Ground Zero’ is a highly symbolic and contentious act, with high financial stakes, in which the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Port Authority, private stakeholders, mourning families, and inhabitants compete about the meaning of the site. Examining the stories of Ground Zero the chapter makes out four different discourses: (1) The Programme (2) Memorial Discourse, (3) Revitalization, and (4) Phoenix. The chapter studies the policy process focusing on two policy practices through which the meaning of rebuilding Ground Zero gets enacted in a particularly interesting way for the book. Listening to the city and the subsequent Design study constitute examples of opening up a closed process. The empirical analysis shows how new techniques of deliberation were employed, allowing many publics into the policy conversation. It also reveals interesting examples of how to recombine expertise and participation, and design experts cooperating with various audiences. However, by the lack of a creative follow-up, and a script that would have kept the public involved, the ‘rebuilding as a democracy’ in the end turns out to be an unhappy performative. In the end the oyster of classical-modernist politics that was forced open, closed again. A chance for an authoritative governance based on the story line of ‘we must rebuild as a democracy’ was missed.
Francis G. Castles
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- November 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780199270170
- eISBN:
- 9780191601514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199270171.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Explores the themes of what follows. It argues that the welfare state literature of the past quarter century has been big on crisis theories of the welfare state and much weaker on facts. The chapter ...
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Explores the themes of what follows. It argues that the welfare state literature of the past quarter century has been big on crisis theories of the welfare state and much weaker on facts. The chapter suggests that, in order to say something meaningful about the future of the welfare state, we need to test crisis accounts, such as those built around globalization and population ageing, with facts drawn from comparative analysis to establish which are myths and which are realities.Less
Explores the themes of what follows. It argues that the welfare state literature of the past quarter century has been big on crisis theories of the welfare state and much weaker on facts. The chapter suggests that, in order to say something meaningful about the future of the welfare state, we need to test crisis accounts, such as those built around globalization and population ageing, with facts drawn from comparative analysis to establish which are myths and which are realities.
Peter King
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428547
- eISBN:
- 9781447303923
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428547.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Organizations
Does the coalition government represent a new politics in Britain, or is the new government just the same old Tories hiding behind an opportunist pact with the Liberal Democrats? Does Cameron differ ...
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Does the coalition government represent a new politics in Britain, or is the new government just the same old Tories hiding behind an opportunist pact with the Liberal Democrats? Does Cameron differ from past Conservatives like Margaret Thatcher, and if so, how? This book looks at the coalition government in the context of conservative ideas and seeks to assess what, if anything, is new about it.Less
Does the coalition government represent a new politics in Britain, or is the new government just the same old Tories hiding behind an opportunist pact with the Liberal Democrats? Does Cameron differ from past Conservatives like Margaret Thatcher, and if so, how? This book looks at the coalition government in the context of conservative ideas and seeks to assess what, if anything, is new about it.
Sherie M. Randolph
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469623917
- eISBN:
- 9781469625119
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469623917.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter focuses on Flo Kennedy’s organizing in the Black Power Conference, the National Conference for New Politics and the National Organization for Women and establishes Kennedy’s significance ...
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This chapter focuses on Flo Kennedy’s organizing in the Black Power Conference, the National Conference for New Politics and the National Organization for Women and establishes Kennedy’s significance as a leader who bridges movements and translates ideas and strategies from one struggle to another. She brought the ideas of the Black Power movement to the emerging women’s movement and made Black Power into a pivotal ideological influence on the radical feminist politics that was developing among predominantly white women.Less
This chapter focuses on Flo Kennedy’s organizing in the Black Power Conference, the National Conference for New Politics and the National Organization for Women and establishes Kennedy’s significance as a leader who bridges movements and translates ideas and strategies from one struggle to another. She brought the ideas of the Black Power movement to the emerging women’s movement and made Black Power into a pivotal ideological influence on the radical feminist politics that was developing among predominantly white women.
Enid Logan
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814752975
- eISBN:
- 9780814753460
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814752975.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter presents a theoretical explanation of the aspects of the new politics of race. Journalists, experts, and commentators from across the political spectrum now refer to the “new race ...
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This chapter presents a theoretical explanation of the aspects of the new politics of race. Journalists, experts, and commentators from across the political spectrum now refer to the “new race politics” in seeking to describe, and influence, racial dynamics in the age of Obama. The largely celebrated new politics of race is an outgrowth, or elaboration, of the ideology of colorblind individualism which focuses on the responsibilities of blacks in achieving a society free of racial strife. The chapter demonstrates how there were many moments in the 2008 election in which the “new” politics of race were juxtaposed against the “old.” While the new race politics constitute a form of colorblindness in the defense of white racial privilege, it may hold some promise in terms of formulating new ways of thinking about and dealing with race.Less
This chapter presents a theoretical explanation of the aspects of the new politics of race. Journalists, experts, and commentators from across the political spectrum now refer to the “new race politics” in seeking to describe, and influence, racial dynamics in the age of Obama. The largely celebrated new politics of race is an outgrowth, or elaboration, of the ideology of colorblind individualism which focuses on the responsibilities of blacks in achieving a society free of racial strife. The chapter demonstrates how there were many moments in the 2008 election in which the “new” politics of race were juxtaposed against the “old.” While the new race politics constitute a form of colorblindness in the defense of white racial privilege, it may hold some promise in terms of formulating new ways of thinking about and dealing with race.
Jeffrey Bloodworth
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813142296
- eISBN:
- 9780813142326
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813142296.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Political History
New Politics liberals significantly informed the trajectory and shape of the women's movement. Combining the moralism and activism of the New Politics with the aims of Second Wave Feminism, Bella ...
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New Politics liberals significantly informed the trajectory and shape of the women's movement. Combining the moralism and activism of the New Politics with the aims of Second Wave Feminism, Bella Abzug advanced both movements. Abzug successfully transformed the Congress and helped usher an era of unprecedented change and women's participation in national politics. Spawned by the Zionism of her youth and independent minded radicalism of the non-communist post-war left, Abzug leapt into the Reform Democratic movement of the 1950s. The predecessor to the New Politics, Abzug's experience with Reform Democrats helped inform the New Politics. Though Abzug significantly changed the Congress, her insurgent politics and rabble-rousing tendencies helped define both the women's movement and liberalism for a generation.Less
New Politics liberals significantly informed the trajectory and shape of the women's movement. Combining the moralism and activism of the New Politics with the aims of Second Wave Feminism, Bella Abzug advanced both movements. Abzug successfully transformed the Congress and helped usher an era of unprecedented change and women's participation in national politics. Spawned by the Zionism of her youth and independent minded radicalism of the non-communist post-war left, Abzug leapt into the Reform Democratic movement of the 1950s. The predecessor to the New Politics, Abzug's experience with Reform Democrats helped inform the New Politics. Though Abzug significantly changed the Congress, her insurgent politics and rabble-rousing tendencies helped define both the women's movement and liberalism for a generation.
Doug Rossinow
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252036866
- eISBN:
- 9780252093982
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252036866.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter argues that from the Popular Front of the 1930s and 1940s through the anti-Vietnam War movement and the “new politics” of the 1960s and 1970s, liberals and leftists worked together to ...
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This chapter argues that from the Popular Front of the 1930s and 1940s through the anti-Vietnam War movement and the “new politics” of the 1960s and 1970s, liberals and leftists worked together to strengthen individual political and social rights. They sought to advance the interests of the industrial working class within the framework of liberal capitalist society, and to oppose war and empire. The chapter also describes the left edge of the liberal political tradition across the broad sweep of industrial U.S. history, revealing both the way in which the radical left provided idealistic, sometimes utopian fuel for liberal reform projects, as well as the broad influence of liberal ideas on the political left in the United States.Less
This chapter argues that from the Popular Front of the 1930s and 1940s through the anti-Vietnam War movement and the “new politics” of the 1960s and 1970s, liberals and leftists worked together to strengthen individual political and social rights. They sought to advance the interests of the industrial working class within the framework of liberal capitalist society, and to oppose war and empire. The chapter also describes the left edge of the liberal political tradition across the broad sweep of industrial U.S. history, revealing both the way in which the radical left provided idealistic, sometimes utopian fuel for liberal reform projects, as well as the broad influence of liberal ideas on the political left in the United States.
Ana Aparicio
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813029252
- eISBN:
- 9780813039091
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813029252.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This book examines the ways first- and second-generation Dominican-Americans in the dynamic northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights have shaped a new Dominican presence in local New ...
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This book examines the ways first- and second-generation Dominican-Americans in the dynamic northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights have shaped a new Dominican presence in local New York City politics. Through community organizing, they have formed coalitions with people of different national and ethnic backgrounds and other people of color, tackled local concerns, and created new routes for empowerment. The character of Dominican-American politics has changed since the first large wave of Dominican immigrants arrived in New York in the 1960s. The book shows how second-generation activists, raised and educated in public institutions in the city, have expanded their network to include fellow Dominicans—both in the United States and abroad—as well as other ethnic and racial minorities, such as Puerto Ricans and African-Americans, who share common goals. Offering the perspectives of local organizers and members of Dominican-American organizations, the book documents their thoughts on such issues as education, police brutality, civic participation, and politics. It also explores the ways in which they experience, reflect upon, and organize around issues of race and racialization processes, and how their experiences influence their political agendas and actions. This new story of immigration and empowerment highlights the complexity of any group's political development.Less
This book examines the ways first- and second-generation Dominican-Americans in the dynamic northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights have shaped a new Dominican presence in local New York City politics. Through community organizing, they have formed coalitions with people of different national and ethnic backgrounds and other people of color, tackled local concerns, and created new routes for empowerment. The character of Dominican-American politics has changed since the first large wave of Dominican immigrants arrived in New York in the 1960s. The book shows how second-generation activists, raised and educated in public institutions in the city, have expanded their network to include fellow Dominicans—both in the United States and abroad—as well as other ethnic and racial minorities, such as Puerto Ricans and African-Americans, who share common goals. Offering the perspectives of local organizers and members of Dominican-American organizations, the book documents their thoughts on such issues as education, police brutality, civic participation, and politics. It also explores the ways in which they experience, reflect upon, and organize around issues of race and racialization processes, and how their experiences influence their political agendas and actions. This new story of immigration and empowerment highlights the complexity of any group's political development.
Frederick Powell
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861347640
- eISBN:
- 9781447303947
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861347640.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Organizations
This chapter discusses the emergence of rights talk and moral protests. It explains that social movements became the vehicles that provided expression to this new politics. It details that human ...
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This chapter discusses the emergence of rights talk and moral protests. It explains that social movements became the vehicles that provided expression to this new politics. It details that human rights had become an overarching discourse, used by new social movements to benchmark their campaigns for greater democracy and social justice.Less
This chapter discusses the emergence of rights talk and moral protests. It explains that social movements became the vehicles that provided expression to this new politics. It details that human rights had become an overarching discourse, used by new social movements to benchmark their campaigns for greater democracy and social justice.
Jeffrey Bloodworth
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813142296
- eISBN:
- 9780813142326
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813142296.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Political History
This book traces the troubled history of American liberalism between the tumultuous 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and Bill Clinton's election to the White House. In those years, liberals ...
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This book traces the troubled history of American liberalism between the tumultuous 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and Bill Clinton's election to the White House. In those years, liberals effectively conceded the political center to conservatives and wandered the political wilderness. For decades, scholars have examined how conservatives captured the American electorate during this time. This book, however, looks at why and how liberals sowed the seeds of their own creed's demise. Through examining a sundry array of grassroots activists and officeholders, from big city mayors to Congresswomen and Senators, the book details the Democratic coalition in all of its diversity. Unlike the rest of the literature that sees liberals as unwitting victims of cunning conservatives, this book lays the blame for liberalism's demise where it belongs—on liberals themselves. Understandably outraged by the Vietnam War and the resistance to the Civil Rights Movement, New Politics activists organized and took over the Democratic Party. Rejecting the Democratic Party's Vital Center liberalism, New Politics liberals crafted a new set of policies for the 1970s. Unfortunately for them, voters consistently rejected New Politics liberalism and turned instead to conservative politicians and eventually Ronald Reagan. This book traces liberalism slow demise during the 1970s and 1980s and the gradual re-emergence of centrist liberalism that eventually brought Bill Clinton to the White House.Less
This book traces the troubled history of American liberalism between the tumultuous 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and Bill Clinton's election to the White House. In those years, liberals effectively conceded the political center to conservatives and wandered the political wilderness. For decades, scholars have examined how conservatives captured the American electorate during this time. This book, however, looks at why and how liberals sowed the seeds of their own creed's demise. Through examining a sundry array of grassroots activists and officeholders, from big city mayors to Congresswomen and Senators, the book details the Democratic coalition in all of its diversity. Unlike the rest of the literature that sees liberals as unwitting victims of cunning conservatives, this book lays the blame for liberalism's demise where it belongs—on liberals themselves. Understandably outraged by the Vietnam War and the resistance to the Civil Rights Movement, New Politics activists organized and took over the Democratic Party. Rejecting the Democratic Party's Vital Center liberalism, New Politics liberals crafted a new set of policies for the 1970s. Unfortunately for them, voters consistently rejected New Politics liberalism and turned instead to conservative politicians and eventually Ronald Reagan. This book traces liberalism slow demise during the 1970s and 1980s and the gradual re-emergence of centrist liberalism that eventually brought Bill Clinton to the White House.
Jason K. Duncan
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823225125
- eISBN:
- 9780823236930
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823225125.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter focuses on the status of New York Catholics as citizens in the new republic. A group of Federalists emerged as the lay leaders of St. Peter's Church in the 1780s. ...
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This chapter focuses on the status of New York Catholics as citizens in the new republic. A group of Federalists emerged as the lay leaders of St. Peter's Church in the 1780s. These included foreign diplomats such as Don Diego de Gardoqui; his king, Charles III of Spain, extended his generosity to New York Catholics to help establish a Catholic presence in the capital of the United States. While Catholics were understandably grateful for this assistance, the visible royal presence at the early public Catholic ceremonies in New York City highlighted the unique and potentially troublesome position of Catholics in the new republic. A long-persecuted religious minority in New York, they were now easily the church with the strongest connections to Europe. Although no individual Catholic was a major figure in New York politics, there were several prominent Catholics nationwide, all of whom were Federalists.Less
This chapter focuses on the status of New York Catholics as citizens in the new republic. A group of Federalists emerged as the lay leaders of St. Peter's Church in the 1780s. These included foreign diplomats such as Don Diego de Gardoqui; his king, Charles III of Spain, extended his generosity to New York Catholics to help establish a Catholic presence in the capital of the United States. While Catholics were understandably grateful for this assistance, the visible royal presence at the early public Catholic ceremonies in New York City highlighted the unique and potentially troublesome position of Catholics in the new republic. A long-persecuted religious minority in New York, they were now easily the church with the strongest connections to Europe. Although no individual Catholic was a major figure in New York politics, there were several prominent Catholics nationwide, all of whom were Federalists.
Jeffrey Bloodworth
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813142296
- eISBN:
- 9780813142326
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813142296.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Political History
Outraged by the Vietnam War, Donald Peterson helped launch the “Dump Johnson Movement” and convince Eugene McCarthy to challenge LBJ for the Democratic nomination. His role in McCarthy's insurgent ...
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Outraged by the Vietnam War, Donald Peterson helped launch the “Dump Johnson Movement” and convince Eugene McCarthy to challenge LBJ for the Democratic nomination. His role in McCarthy's insurgent campaign and leadership of the Wisconsin delegation at the 1968 Democratic Convention changed Peterson from an anonymous grassroots activist into a minor celebrity. Following the convention, Peterson became a key figure in the New Politics Movement. Comprised of educated, middle class activists, New Politics liberals rejected the Cold War and made controversial social issues more prominent than economic matters. Due to their organizational prowess, these middle class activists slowly displaced working class Democrats and their issues during the 1970s.Less
Outraged by the Vietnam War, Donald Peterson helped launch the “Dump Johnson Movement” and convince Eugene McCarthy to challenge LBJ for the Democratic nomination. His role in McCarthy's insurgent campaign and leadership of the Wisconsin delegation at the 1968 Democratic Convention changed Peterson from an anonymous grassroots activist into a minor celebrity. Following the convention, Peterson became a key figure in the New Politics Movement. Comprised of educated, middle class activists, New Politics liberals rejected the Cold War and made controversial social issues more prominent than economic matters. Due to their organizational prowess, these middle class activists slowly displaced working class Democrats and their issues during the 1970s.
HeeMin Kim
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813129945
- eISBN:
- 9780813135748
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813129945.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter discusses the possible answers to two pressing issues: whether a set of institutions could satisfy a number of political actors' various objectives, and how these politicians react in ...
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This chapter discusses the possible answers to two pressing issues: whether a set of institutions could satisfy a number of political actors' various objectives, and how these politicians react in the absence of a set of institutions. It reviews the officially and unofficially stated objectives of the National Conference for New Politics' (NCNP) political reform. It introduces alternative electoral institutions proposed by various political actors, and assesses whether these electoral institutions could achieve the objectives of the NCNP. It finally explains why the governing NCNP stressed the need for the so-called political reorganization in addition to political reform.Less
This chapter discusses the possible answers to two pressing issues: whether a set of institutions could satisfy a number of political actors' various objectives, and how these politicians react in the absence of a set of institutions. It reviews the officially and unofficially stated objectives of the National Conference for New Politics' (NCNP) political reform. It introduces alternative electoral institutions proposed by various political actors, and assesses whether these electoral institutions could achieve the objectives of the NCNP. It finally explains why the governing NCNP stressed the need for the so-called political reorganization in addition to political reform.
Robert Rohrschneider and Stephen Stephen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199652785
- eISBN:
- 9780191744907
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199652785.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter focuses on the second representational criterion — the extent to which parties produce coherent programs. The empirical focus is on differences between West and East. While there is ...
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This chapter focuses on the second representational criterion — the extent to which parties produce coherent programs. The empirical focus is on differences between West and East. While there is programmatic structure in both regions, important regional differences emerge — issues are more tightly packaged in the East on one dimension, while ‘new politics’ emerges as a distinct dimension in the West. Issues of European integration complicate programmatic structure further, especially in the West. The findings, therefore, contradict some expectations about convergence in programmatic structure across the regions as markets and democracy become embedded in post-Communist states. Finally, there is evidence that programmatic structures tend to be weaker where partisan identification is lower and where economic development is higher, which points again towards greater representational strain for parties, who deal with diverse voters by offering less clearly defined and more complicated programs to the electorate.Less
This chapter focuses on the second representational criterion — the extent to which parties produce coherent programs. The empirical focus is on differences between West and East. While there is programmatic structure in both regions, important regional differences emerge — issues are more tightly packaged in the East on one dimension, while ‘new politics’ emerges as a distinct dimension in the West. Issues of European integration complicate programmatic structure further, especially in the West. The findings, therefore, contradict some expectations about convergence in programmatic structure across the regions as markets and democracy become embedded in post-Communist states. Finally, there is evidence that programmatic structures tend to be weaker where partisan identification is lower and where economic development is higher, which points again towards greater representational strain for parties, who deal with diverse voters by offering less clearly defined and more complicated programs to the electorate.
Robert Rohrschneider and Stephen Stephen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199652785
- eISBN:
- 9780191744907
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199652785.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter considers the party representation model in light of its first criterion – that parties should present policy choices to voters. The conclusions that emerge from these analyses are ...
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This chapter considers the party representation model in light of its first criterion – that parties should present policy choices to voters. The conclusions that emerge from these analyses are generally happy ones for this representational criterion. Voters in both West and East are offered a range of policy alternatives and not just by small and fringe parties. Moreover, parties offer policies that are sensibly rooted in their ideological and social characteristics. Furthermore, the chapter also finds strong and sensible connections between theoretically relevant country characteristics on the range of positions offered by parties. However, the chapter also found some evidence of the potential problems that might occur, in particular, where the number of independents in the electorate was larger, party systems tended to offer more limited policy choices across a wide spectrum of issues.Less
This chapter considers the party representation model in light of its first criterion – that parties should present policy choices to voters. The conclusions that emerge from these analyses are generally happy ones for this representational criterion. Voters in both West and East are offered a range of policy alternatives and not just by small and fringe parties. Moreover, parties offer policies that are sensibly rooted in their ideological and social characteristics. Furthermore, the chapter also finds strong and sensible connections between theoretically relevant country characteristics on the range of positions offered by parties. However, the chapter also found some evidence of the potential problems that might occur, in particular, where the number of independents in the electorate was larger, party systems tended to offer more limited policy choices across a wide spectrum of issues.
