Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Chapter 1. Building Blocs: Groups and Contested Party Transformations 1
4. Chapter 2. Overcoming a Troubled History: Civil Rights Groups Seek a Coalition with Labor 24
5. Chapter 3. Labor’s Interest in a Civil Rights Coalition 52
6. Chapter 4. Twisting the Donkey’s Tail: How Groups Changed a Reluctant Party 69
7. Chapter 5. Maintaining the Democratic Trajectory on Civil Rights 86
8. Chapter 6. Conservative Christians Before the Christian Right 101
9. Chapter 7. A Christian Right Takes Shape 120
10. Chapter 8. The First Wave of Cultural Conservative Politics 142
11. Chapter 9. Eating the Elephant, One Bite at a Time: Influencing a National Party Through State Politics 156
12. Chapter 10. Conversions: Republican Nominations After Reagan 173
13. Chapter 11. Other Evidence: Populism and Gay Rights 194
14. Conclusion 216
15. Notes 233
16. Manuscript Sources 307
17. Index 309
18. Acknowledgments 319