3 options
Left in the center : the Liberal Party of New York and the rise and fall of American social democracy / Daniel Soyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soyer, Daniel, author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberal Party of New York State--History.
- Liberal Party of New York State.
- Liberalism--New York (State)--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-.
- New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Daniel Soyer's history of the Liberal Party of New York State, 'Left in the Center', shows the surprising relationship between Democratic Socialism and mainstream American politics. Beginning in 1944 and lasting until 2002, the Liberal Party offered voters an ideological seal of approval and played the role of strategic kingmaker in the electoral politics of New York State. The party helped elect presidents, governors, senators, and mayors, and its platform reflected its founders' social democratic principles. In practical politics, the Liberal Party's power resided in its capacity to steer votes to preferred Democrats or Republicans with a reasonable chance of victory. This uneasy balance between principle and pragmatism, which ultimately proved impossible to maintain, is at the heart of the dramatic political story presented in 'Left in the Center'.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The Liberal Party and the Rise and Fall of Pragmatic Social Democracy
- Labor Politics in New York
- "Fighting Liberals" at the Polls
- New Deal Legacy at the Crossroads
- A "Year-Round Party"
- Cold War Liberalism in City, State and Nation
- Liberal Crusades and Backroom Deals
- New Frontiers
- Liberal Victory and Liberalism in Turmoil
- Wars in Vietnam and at Home
- The End of the Rose Era
- Not Liberal, Not a Party
- Postscript : The Afterlife of the Liberal Party.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 3, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-5989-2
- OCLC:
- 1240828819
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.