A Forlorn Hope
Third Parties and American Political Ideology
Published on 15. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-7948-8365-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the rise and fall of a handful of progressive and leftist third party efforts over the last century, from the 1920s to the present, including the Progressive Party of 1924, the Labor Party Movement of the 1930s, The Progressive Party of 1948, The People's Party of the 1970s, the California Peace and Freedom Party, and the Vermont Progressive Party.
It also explores the enduring features of the American political system, including why the two-party system has continued to dominate American politics and elucidates the ideology of Lockian republican-populism, the foundational ideology of American politics.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
117 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7948-8365-9 (9781794883659)
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Eric Leif Davin, Ph.D., is the author of The Great Strike of 1877; Crucible of Freedom: Workers' Democracy in the Industrial Heartland, 1914-1960; Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office; and, with Staughton Lynd, Picket Line and Ballot Box: The Forgotten Legacy of the Labor Party Movement, 1932-1936. He is also the author of The Paterson Strike Pageant: An IWW Novel of Bohemia and Insurgent Labor.
His essay, "The Very Last Hurrah: The Defeat of the Labor Party Idea, 1934-1936," appeared in "We Are All Leaders: The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s," (University of Illinois Press, 1996), edited by Staughton Lynd. It won the Eugene V. Debs Foundation's prize as the best essay of that year reflecting the enduring spirit of Eugene V. Debs.