TY - GEN T1 - Racial realignment : the transformation of American liberalism, 1932-1965 T2 - Princeton studies in American politics. A1 - Schickler, Eric, 1969- LA - English PP - Princeton, New Jersey PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2016 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn945697843 AB - "Few transformations in American politics have been as important as the integration of African Americans into the Democratic Party and the Republican embrace of racial policy conservatism. The story of this partisan realignment on race is often told as one in which political elites--such as Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater--set in motion a dramatic and sudden reshuffling of party positioning on racial issues during the 1960s. Racial Realignment instead argues that top party leaders were actually among the last to move, and that their choices were dictated by changes that had already occurred beneath them. Drawing upon rich data sources and original historical research, Eric Schickler shows that the two parties' transformation on civil rights took place gradually over decades. Schickler reveals that Democratic partisanship, economic liberalism, and support for civil rights had crystallized in public opinion, state parties, and Congress by the mid-1940s. This trend was propelled forward by the incorporation of African Americans and the pro-civil-rights Congress of Industrial Organizations into the Democratic coalition. Meanwhile, Republican partisanship became aligned with economic and racial conservatism. Scrambling to maintain existing power bases, national party elites refused to acknowledge these changes for as long as they could, but the civil rights movement finally forced them to choose where their respective parties would stand. Presenting original ideas about political change, Racial Realignment sheds new light on twentieth and twenty-first century racial politics"-- OP - 359 CN - JC574.2.U5 SN - 9781400880973 SN - 1400880971 SN - 0691153876 SN - 9780691153872 SN - 0691153884 SN - 9780691153889 KW - Democratic Party (U.S.) : History : 20th century. KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) : History : 20th century. KW - Democratic Party (U.S.) KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) KW - Liberalism : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Civil rights : United States : History : 20th century. KW - African Americans : Civil rights : History : 20th century. KW - Racism : Political aspects : United States : History : 20th century. KW - United States : Race relations : History : 20th century. KW - United States : Politics and government : 20th century. KW - Racisme : Aspect politique : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Noirs américains : Droits : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Droits de l'homme : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Libéralisme : États-Unis. KW - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 20e siècle. KW - États-Unis : Relations raciales : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Libéralisme : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Essays. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : National. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Reference. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : Conservatism & Liberalism. KW - African Americans : Civil rights KW - Civil rights KW - Liberalism KW - Politics and government KW - Race relations KW - Racism : Political aspects KW - United States KW - 1900-1999 KW - History ER -