The Emerging Democratic MajorityAt the beginning of the 21st century, with the Presidency and the House in Republican hands, political experts Judis and Teixeira convincingly use hard data to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. |
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... sixties . As Americans abandoned the older ideal of self - denial and the taboos that accompanied it , they embraced a libertarian ethic of personal life . Women asserted their sexual independence through the use of birth control pills ...
... sixties . As Americans abandoned the older ideal of self - denial and the taboos that accompanied it , they embraced a libertarian ethic of personal life . Women asserted their sexual independence through the use of birth control pills ...
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... sixties - era commitments to protect the environment ( rein- forced by his choice of Al Gore as running mate ) and to defend women's rights and civil rights . He was , in these respects , similar to other liberal and New Left Democrats ...
... sixties - era commitments to protect the environment ( rein- forced by his choice of Al Gore as running mate ) and to defend women's rights and civil rights . He was , in these respects , similar to other liberal and New Left Democrats ...
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... sixties and seventies . It sought to contain or roll back the demands of civil rights protesters , feminists , environ- mentalists , welfare rights organizers , and consumer activists . It was also a reaction to the changes wrought in ...
... sixties and seventies . It sought to contain or roll back the demands of civil rights protesters , feminists , environ- mentalists , welfare rights organizers , and consumer activists . It was also a reaction to the changes wrought in ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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