The Republican evolution : from governing party to antigovernment party, 1860-2020

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The Republican evolution : from governing party to antigovernment party, 1860-2020

Kenneth Janda

Columbia University Press, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312) and index

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The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and its spread to new territories and states. Today, under the sway of Donald Trump, it is hardly recognizable as the party of Lincoln or even the party of Eisenhower. How and why has the Republican Party changed so drastically? Kenneth Janda sheds new light on the Republican Party's transformations, drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence. He examines nearly three thousand planks from every Republican platform since 1856 as well as candidate statements and historical sources, tracing the evolution of the party's positions on topics such as states' rights, trade, taxation, regulation, law and order, immigration, environmental protection, and voting rights. Janda argues that the GOP has gone through three main phases over the course of its history, transforming from a party committed to governance to one vehemently opposed to government. In its first several decades, the Republican Party emphasized national authority and economic development. By the late 1920s, Republicans had begun downplaying the role of government in favor of a new philosophy steeped in free markets. The nomination of Barry Goldwater in 1964 marked a key turning point. Since then, the party has endorsed states' rights, opposed civil rights, and become increasingly ethnocentric. Richly documented with scores of figures and tables, The Republican Evolution offers new perspective on how the GOP became an antigovernment party-and whether it can step back from the brink of authoritarianism.

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Preface Introduction Part I: Political Parties and Principles 1. Political Parties 2. Government Benefits 3. Party Platforms and Principles Part II: Republican Party Planks 4. Beyond Liberal and Conservative 5. Republican Platform Planks Since 1856 Part III: Principles of Republicanism 6. Original Principles 7. Financing Government 8. Economic Affairs 9. Law and Order 10. Culture and Order 11. Conservation and Conservatives 12. Elections 13. Evolving to Ethnocentrism Part IV: Republicans as Team, Tribe, and Cult 14. Electoral Teams 15. The Political Tribe 16. The Personality Cult Part V: Republican Restoration 17. The Party in Peril 18. A Republican Epiphany Epilogue: The Next Republican Era Appendix A: Validating the Coding Appendix B: Accounting for All 2,722 Republican Platform Planks Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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