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
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
1 - Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
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
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
This chapter sees the Civil War as part of a longer critical juncture in which different forms of mass politics developed and merged with elite politics, as part of the abolitionist movement joined the new Republican Party and constituted a movement-party that was responsible for turning a war over secession into a battle to free the slaves. This movement-party hybrid relapsed into ordinary party politics at war’s end, deserting the newly-freed slaves and turning the Republicans into a northern-western party of business.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 9 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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