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The president and the parties : the transformation of the American party system since the New Deal /

by Milkis, Sidney M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993Description: xi, 404 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 019508425X; 0195066200.Subject(s): Political parties -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Executive power -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryOnline resources: Book review (H-Net)
Contents:
1. Introduction -- I. The Presidency and Party Politics in the New Deal Era. 2. The Roots of New Deal Reform. 3. Whose Party Is It? The Transformation of the Democratic Party. 4. The Limits of Party Government: The "Conservative Coalition" and the "Purge" Campaign of 1938. 5. Administrative Reform and the Displacement of Party Politics: Reflections on the "Third New Deal" 6. The Significance of Partial Success: The Executive Reorganization Act of 1939 and the Creation of the Modern Presidency -- II. The New Deal Legacy for the Presidency and the Party System. 7. Programmatic Liberalism after Roosevelt: Executive Administration and the Transcendence of Partisan Politics. 8. The Twilight of the Modern Presidency: The Troubled Times and Institutional Legacy of Lyndon Johnson. 9. The Republican Challenge and the Reshaping of Programmatic Liberalism. 10. The New Deal Legacy and the Reagan "Revolution" 11. Divided Government and the Administrative Constitution.
12. Conclusion: Whither the Administrative Republic?
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