Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. Who Governs Parties? 1
4. PART I. THE RISE OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY
5. Chapter 1. In the Shadow of States’ Rights: The New Deal Democratic Party and the Prelude to Reform 25
6. Chapter 2. The Undemocratic Party: Antiwar Insurgents and the Party Crisis of 1968 47
7. Chapter 3. “Curing the Ills of Democracy”: Party Entrepreneurship in the McGovern- Fraser Commission 66
8. Chapter 4. The Party Turned Upside Down: The McGovern Nomination and the Backlash Against Reform 88
9. Chapter 5. Bringing the Counter- Reformers Back In: The Co ali tion for a Demo cratic Majority and the Making of the Advocacy Party 110
10. PART II. THE POLITICS OF THE ADVOCACY PARTY
11. Chapter 6. The Limits of Group Influence: Jimmy Carter and the Demand for Full Employment Policy 131
12. Chapter 7. The Officeholders Strike Back: The Success and Failure of the New Democrats 147
13. Chapter 8. The Advocate- in- Chief: Barack Obama’s Harnessing of the Advocacy Party 171
14. Conclusion. The Consequences of the Advocacy Party 192
15. Notes 207
16. Index 249
17. Acknowledgments 263