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The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals
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George Packer, author of Blood of the Liberals and The Assassins' Gate
"No one is better than Todd Gitlin at describing the crucial dynamic through which movements gain or lose political power. Justly celebrated for his seminal work on such dynamics during the 1960s, Gitlin now explains everything that's happened since, with passion and wisdomand happily, because of Bushism's collapse, legitimate optimism about the future."
Michael Tomasky, Editor, Guardian America
"An impassioned yet realistic plea for Democrats and liberals to become more serious about politics. They would do well to follow his advice."
Alan Wolfe, Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College
"A brilliant and indispensable book. Gitlin convincingly urges liberals to take seriously the greater difficulty the Democrats have forging cohesion among identity-based groups over the Republicans persuading the less diverse Republican base to bury disagreements in the drive for victory. Gitlin argues that Democrats will have to bite the bullet and unite under a big tent. It's a hard lesson for ardent newcomers to the movement to swallow. Gitlin is dead right."
Thomas B. Edsall, Special Correspondent, The New Republic
"This is an indispensable book by one of our most gifted public intellectuals. Todd Gitlin explainswith splendid scholarship, reporting, and withow the Bush machine debased our political life and how progressives, in all their variety, are struggling to build a new majority. It is the best guide we have to America's recent past and its possible future."
Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan and Professor of History, Georgetown University
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780471748533 |
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Publisher: | TURNER PUB CO |
Publication date: | 09/01/2007 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.57(w) x 9.38(h) x 1.15(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Bulldozer Stays Its Course.I. EMERGENCY: THE LONG ANTI-SIXTIES.
1. The Conquerors.
2. Centralizing the Apparatus.
3. The Faithful and the Willful.
4. “The Un-Sixties”.
5. Men Riding out of the West on White Horses.
6. Pulpits of Bullies.
II. WILDERNESS: FITS AND STARTS.
7. Parties and Movements: A Brief Excursus on Democratic Dilemmas.
8. Movements vs. Party, 1964-80.
9. Unlikely Steward: Bill Clinton and Liberalism in the Nineties.
III. EMERGENCE: THE TENT AND THE PRINCIPLES.
10. The Party as Movement, 2004 and After: The Deaniacs, the Purple States, and the Netroots.
11. Frames, Demons, and No-Longer-Silent Majorities.
12. Is the Tent Big Enough?
13. Narratives and Values.
14. Enemies, Bogeymen, and the Limits of American Power.
15. The Human Face.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Index.
What People are Saying About This
"This is an indispensable book by one of our most gifted public intellectuals. Todd Gitlin explains--with splendid scholarship, reporting, and wit-- how the Bush machine debased our political life and how progressives, in all their variety, are struggling to build a new majority. It is the best guide we have to America’s recent past and its possible future."
--Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryanand professor of history, Georgetown University
"A brilliant and indispensable book. Gitlin convincingly urges liberals to take seriously the greater difficulty the Democrats have forging cohesion among identity based groups over the Republicans persuading the less diverse Republican base to bury disagreements in the drive for victory. Gitlin argues, Democrats will have to bite the bullet and unite under a big tent. A hard lesson for ardent newcomers to the movement to swallow, Gitlin is dead right."
--Thomas B. Edsall, Special Correspondent, The New Republic
"No one is better than Todd Gitlin at describing the crucial dynamic through which movements gain or lose political power. Justly celebrated for his seminal work on such dynamics during the 1960s, Gitlin now he explains everything that's happened since, with passion and wisdom--and happily, because of Bushism's collapse, legitimate optimism about the future."
--Michael Tomasky, editor, Guardian America
"An impassioned yet realistic plea for Democrats and liberals to become more serious about politics. They would do well to follow his advice."
--Alan Wolfe, Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College
"This book, by one of America's most intelligent and decent political writers, tells liberals how the conservative movement rose and fell, and how they could emulate its successes while avoiding its failures."
--George Packer, author of Blood of the Liberals and The Assassins' Gate