Prairie Populism
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Prairie Populism
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Author : Jeffrey Ostler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Prairie Populism written by Jeffrey Ostler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Ostler shows that economic conditions alone cannot explain why populism flourished or foundered. Through a study of populism in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, Ostler demonstrates that the strength or weakness of the two dominant political parties within a state had a significant effect on the success of a third party challenge.
Populism And Democratic Thought In The Canadian Prairies 1910 To 1945
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Author : David H. Laycock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Populism And Democratic Thought In The Canadian Prairies 1910 To 1945 written by David H. Laycock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Business & Economics categories.
In Defense Of Populism
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Author : Donald T. Critchlow
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2020-11-27
In Defense Of Populism written by Donald T. Critchlow and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-27 with Political Science categories.
Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a democratic system. Grassroots activism, presenting a cacophony of voices calling for reform of various sorts without programmatic coherence, is often derided as populist and distrusted by both political parties and voters. But according to Donald T. Critchlow, grassroots movements are actually responsible for political party transformation, both Democratic and Republic, into instruments of reform that reflect the interests, concerns, and anxieties of the electorate. Contrary to popular discourse warning about the dangers of populism, Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a democratic system. In Defense of Populism examines movements that influenced Republican, Democratic, and third-party politics—from the Progressives and their influence on Teddy Roosevelt, to New Dealers and FDR, to the civil rights, feminist, and environmental movements and their impact on the Democratic Party, to the Reagan Revolution and the Tea Party. In each case, Critchlow narrates representative biographies of activists, party leaders, and presidents to show how movements become viable calls for reform that get translated into policy positions. Social tensions and political polarization continue to be prevalent today. Increased social disorder and populist outcry are expected whenever political elites and distant bureaucratic government are challenged. In Defense of Populism shows how, as a result of grassroots activism and political-party reform, policy advances are made, a sense of national confidence is restored, and the belief that American democracy works in the midst of crisis is affirmed.
Encyclopedia Of Populism In America
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Author : Alexandra Kindell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-02-27
Encyclopedia Of Populism In America written by Alexandra Kindell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-27 with History categories.
This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia documents how Populism, which grew out of post-Civil War agrarian discontent, was the apex of populist impulses in American culture from colonial times to the present. The Populist Movement was founded in the late 1800s when farmers and other agrarian workers formed cooperative societies to fight exploitation by big banks and corporations. Today, Populism encompasses both right-wing and left-wing movements, organizations, and icons. This valuable encyclopedia examines how ordinary people have voiced their opposition to the prevailing political, economic, and social constructs of the past as well how the elite or leaders at the time have reacted to that opposition. The entries spotlight the people, events, organizations, and ideas that created this first major challenge to the two-party system in the United States. Additionally, attention is paid to important historical actors who are not traditionally considered "Populist" but were instrumental in paving the way for the movement—or vigorously resisted Populism's influence on American culture. This encyclopedia also shows that Populism as a specific movement, and populism as an idea, have served alternately to further equal rights in America—and to limit them.
Populism And The Mirror Of Democracy
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Author : Francisco Panizza
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 2005
Populism And The Mirror Of Democracy written by Francisco Panizza and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
Topics covered by the contributors to this volume include populism and the new right in English Canada, religion and populism in contemporary Greece, populism as an internal periphery of democratic politics, and the discursive continuities of the Menemist rupture.
Human Rights In A Time Of Populism
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Author : Gerald L. Neuman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-09
Human Rights In A Time Of Populism written by Gerald L. Neuman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-09 with Law categories.
Leading experts examine the threats posed by populism to human rights and the international systems and explore how to confront them.
The Agrarian Revolt In Western Canada
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Author : Paul Frederick Sharp
language : en
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Release Date : 1997
The Agrarian Revolt In Western Canada written by Paul Frederick Sharp and has been published by University of Regina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Originally published: Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1948.
Western Populism
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Author : Karel D. Bicha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Western Populism written by Karel D. Bicha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
The Limits Of Agrarian Radicalism
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Author : Peter H. Argersinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Limits Of Agrarian Radicalism written by Peter H. Argersinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
As Ross Perot proved in 1992, even when funded by a bottomless bank account, American third parties have always struggled in their efforts to achieve recognition and political power. Yet even in defeat their contributions to national politics have been substantial. That, Peter Argersinger contends, was certainly true of the Populists a century earlier. Argersinger, one of our nation's foremost historians of the Populist era, brings together in this volume some of his best and most influential essays-ranging from a study of a single election campaign to complex analyses of political organizations, legislative behavior, and government institutions. Together they amply display his consistently sharp and wide-ranging insights on this important moment in American life. Argersinger examines, among other things, the Populists' evolution in electoral politics, from creating a party to running election campaigns; the enormous obstacles they overcame in the process of electing a U.S. Senator; specific laws and procedures that suppressed Populism's full political participation; hard-won successes in Western state legislatures in the face of powerful enemies and numerous internal disputes; and the Populists' long-standing struggles and frustrations with the U.S Congress. Throughout Argersinger illuminates the fundamental ways in which Populism challenged our political system and brings to life its volatile personalities, dramatic controversies, visionary programs, and enduring frustrations. (So frustrating that an Oklahoma Populist once pulled a gun on the Speaker of the House who kept refusing to recognize his request to speak to the assembly.) Of special interest to political, social, rural, Western, and Gilded Age historians, this book provides a timely reminder of the political constraints on third parties in America.
Ghost Settlement On The Prairie
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Author : Joseph V. Hickey
language : en
Publisher: Rural America
Release Date : 1995
Ghost Settlement On The Prairie written by Joseph V. Hickey and has been published by Rural America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Four miles southeast of the village of Matfield Green in Chase County, Kansas—the heart of the Flint Hills—lies the abandoned settlement of Thurman. At the turn of the century Thurman was a prosperous farming and ranching settlement with fifty-one households, a post office, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, five schools, and a church. Today, only the ruins of Thurman remain. Joseph Hickey uses Thurman to explore the settlement form of social organization, which—along with the village, hamlet, and small town—was a dominant feature of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American life. He traces Thurman's birth in 1874, its shallow rises and falls, and its demise in 1944. Akin to what William Least Heat-Moon did for Chase County in PrairyErth, Hicky provides a "deep map" for one post-office community and, consequently, tells us a great deal about America's rural past. Describing the shifting relationships between Thurmanites and their Matfield Green neighbors, Hickey details how social forces set in motion by the American ideal of individualism and the machinations of capitalist entrepreneurs produced a Darwinian struggle between Thurman stock raisers and Flint Hills "cattle barons" that ultimately doomed Thurman. Central to the story are the concept of "ordinary entrepreneurship" and the profoundly capitalist attitudes of the farmers who settled Thurman and thousands of other communities dotting the American landscape. Hickey's account of Thurman's social organization and disintegration provides a new perspective on what happened when the cattle drives from Texas and the Southwest shifted in the 1880s from the Kansas cowtowns to the Flint Hills. Moreover, he punctures numerous myths about the Flint Hills, including those that cattle dominated because the land is too rocky to farm or that Indians refused to farm because of traditional beliefs. Like many other small rural communities, Hickey argues, Thurman during its seventy-year history was actually several different settlements. A product of changing social conditions, each one resulted from shifting memberships and boundaries that reflected the efforts of local entrepreneurs to use country schools, churches, and other forms of "social capital" to gain advantages over their competitors. In the end, Thurman succumbed to the impact of agribusiness, which had the effect of transforming social capital from an asset into a liability. Ultimately, Hickey shows, the settlement's fate echoed the decline of rural community throughout America.