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The Third New Deal and the Rise of Executive-Centered Government The Third New Deal and the Rise of Executive-Centered Government
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Programmatic Liberalism and the American Party System Programmatic Liberalism and the American Party System
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Purging and Packing: The Aftermath of the 1936 Election Purging and Packing: The Aftermath of the 1936 Election
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Administrative Reform and the Consolidation of Executive-Centered Partisanship Administrative Reform and the Consolidation of Executive-Centered Partisanship
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The Responsible Party Doctrine and Executive-Centered Partisanship The Responsible Party Doctrine and Executive-Centered Partisanship
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Conclusion: 1960s Civics and the Cosmic Crack-Up of the Vital Center Conclusion: 1960s Civics and the Cosmic Crack-Up of the Vital Center
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3 Origins of Executive-Centered Partisanship and the Quest for Responsible Party Government
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Published:February 2022
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the “Third New Deal,” its transformation of the party system, the development of a newly empowered presidential office, and the origins of executive-centered partisanship. We argue that the deep roots of our present discontents can be traced back to these institutional transformations—the desire to overcome, or transcend, populist protest rather than to mediate it through strong, collective institutions. The chapter closes by reflecting on similar concerns raised by political scientists during the transformation; and it reinterprets the foundational 1950s report from the American Political Science Association Committee on Political Parties. Most overlook how this report, and its praise for democratizing the political system, also remained attentive to concerns over presidential power and the institution’s growing dominion over political party organizations. As the advice in the report went unheeded, the inability to create responsible party organizations laid the groundwork for the explosive movement politics we detail in Chapters 4 and 5.
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