From union halls to the suburbs Americans for Democratic Action and the transformation of postwar liberalism / Scott Kamen.
| Author/creator | Kamen, Scott, 1986- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Americans for Democratic Action and the transformation of postwar liberalism |
| Series | Culture and politics in the cold war and beyond |
| Contents | From union halls to the suburbs via the new politics movement -- The origins of a liberal divide : debating the politics of growth and qualitative liberalism in the affluent society -- Rethinking the Cold War : the vital center and the Vietnam War -- Beyond the war on poverty : the Civil Rights Movement, social democracy, and the struggle for racial equality -- The coming of the new politics movement : the Vietnam War and the promise of the new class -- The evolution of the new politics : a broader movement, neoconservatives, and the struggle for the mantle of liberalism -- From new politics to neoliberalism : the incomplete ascendency of the Atari Democrats and the dual legacies of the new politics movement -- New politics, new democrats, and American liberalism in the twenty-first century. |
| Abstract | "For decades, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) exerted an outsized pull on the political stage. Formed in 1947 by anticommunist liberals such as economist John Kenneth Galbraith and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the ADA established itself as the most prominent liberal organization in the United States for more than a quarter century. Shaped by the ADA, the New Politics movement upended Democratic Party politics with its challenge to the Vietnam War, demands for redistributive economic policies, and development of a far-reaching politics of race, gender, and sexuality. By bringing the ADA and its influential public intellectuals into the story of the New Politics movement, Scott Kamen reveals how American liberalism shifted away from the working-class concerns of the New Deal era and began to cater to the interests of a new, suburban professional class. By the 1980s, many Democratic politicians, activists, and voters had embraced a neoliberal ideology that coupled socially liberal attitudes with market-based solutions, eschewing an older progressive politics steeped in labor issues"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023013533 |
| ISBN | 9781625347619 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781625347626 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |