The Emerging Democratic MajorityONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order. |
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... Washington Times "One of the most impressive overviews of American politics in recent years." — Foreign Affairs "The most penetrating and prescient look at American politics you're likely to read for some time." — Joshua Micah Marshall ...
... Washington Times "One of the most impressive overviews of American politics in recent years." — Foreign Affairs "The most penetrating and prescient look at American politics you're likely to read for some time." — Joshua Micah Marshall ...
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... Washington Post "At a time when many Americans are anxious about our changing demographic profile, Judis and Teixeira show how the optimism and energy of our nation's diverse population can be constructively channeled into a new ...
... Washington Post "At a time when many Americans are anxious about our changing demographic profile, Judis and Teixeira show how the optimism and energy of our nation's diverse population can be constructively channeled into a new ...
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... Washington, D.C., helped elect Governor Mark Warner; North Carolina's Research Triangle has become solidly Democratic, as have most of Florida's high-tech and tourist centers. The outlook of this new Democratic majority is by no means ...
... Washington, D.C., helped elect Governor Mark Warner; North Carolina's Research Triangle has become solidly Democratic, as have most of Florida's high-tech and tourist centers. The outlook of this new Democratic majority is by no means ...
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... Washington dissipating their tax dollars on programs which did them no good. The Democratic Party fell victim to the ideological impetus of a liberalism which had carried it. 18 John B. Judis and RuyTeixeira. 100 90 80 70 g 60 S 50 ^ 40 ...
... Washington dissipating their tax dollars on programs which did them no good. The Democratic Party fell victim to the ideological impetus of a liberalism which had carried it. 18 John B. Judis and RuyTeixeira. 100 90 80 70 g 60 S 50 ^ 40 ...
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