TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baylor,Christopher
TI  - First to the party: the group origins of party transformation 
T2  - American governance : politics, policy, and public law
SN  - 9780812249637 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - JK2261 .B349 2018
U1  - 324.273 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.)
KW  - Membership
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - Political parties
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Building blocs: groups and contested party transformations -- Overcoming a troubled history: civil rights groups seek a coalition with labor -- Labor's interest in a civil rights coalition -- Twisting the donkey's tail: how groups changed a reluctant party -- Maintaining the democratic trajectory on civil rights -- Conservative Christians before the Christian right -- A Christian right takes shape -- The first wave of cultural conservative politics -- Eating the elephant, one bite at a time: influencing a national party through state politics -- Conversions: Republican nominations after Reagan -- Other evidence: populism and gay rights
ER  -