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
- 4 Women, War, and the Vote
- 5 Labor and Civil Rights from the New Deal to the War on Poverty
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
4 - Women, War, and the Vote
from Part II - The Transitional Period
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
- 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
- 4 Women, War, and the Vote
- 5 Labor and Civil Rights from the New Deal to the War on Poverty
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
Civil rights was the most successful formative movement in American history, which stretched from the campaign against lynching in the early 20th century to the alliance with the labor movement in the New Deal to becoming a mauor component of the New Deal coalition and the Great Society. But as the movement grew, it also diversified and triggered a counter-movement in the form of white citizens’ Councils, Klan violence, and Nixon’s southern strategy.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 75 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021