{"product_id":"legacies-of-losing-in-american-politics-paperback","title":"Legacies of Losing in American Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey K. Tulis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents, and social movements that at pivotal moments did not dissipate as expected but instead persisted and eventually achieved success for the loser's ideas and preferred policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eLegacies of Losing in American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffrey K. Tulis and Nicole Mellow rethink three pivotal moments in American political history: the founding, when anti-Federalists failed to stop the ratification of the Constitution; the aftermath of the Civil War, when President Andrew Johnson's plan for restoring the South to the Union was defeated; and the 1964 presidential campaign, when Barry Goldwater's challenge to the New Deal order was soundly defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson. In each of these cases, the very mechanisms that caused the initial failures facilitated their eventual success. After the dust of the immediate political defeat settled, these seemingly discredited ideas and programs disrupted political convention by prevailing, often subverting, and occasionally enhancing constitutional fidelity. Tulis and Mellow present a nuanced story of winning and losing and offer a new understanding of American political development as the interweaving of opposing ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey K. Tulis\u003c\/b\u003e teaches American politics and political theory at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetorical Presidency. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eNicole Mellow\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of political science at Williams College and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe State of Disunion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039727292496,"sku":"9780226515328","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/dDRhaXZoTlRVMWQ2M0NueUpIcEtVZz09.webp?v=1771841723","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/legacies-of-losing-in-american-politics-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}