Empowering progressive third parties in the United States
Subtitle: defeating duopoly, advancing democracy
By: edited by Jonathan H. Martin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781138022003; 9781138022010
Subjects: Third parties (United States politics); Progressivism (United States politics); Liberalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the future rise of progressive third parties / Jonathan Martin; title: How a socialist won : lessons from the historic victory of Seattle city councilmember Kshama Sawant / Ramy Khalil; title: A green becomes mayor : the election of Gayle McLaughlin in Richmond, California / Mike Feinstein; title: The rise of the Portland Greens / Patrick Quinlan; title: Lessons of the Vermont Progressive Party / Terry Bouricius; title: Community connections : how progressive third parties can win more state legislative elections / Jonathan Martin; title: Beyond the "spoiler" myth : exploring the real lessons of the Nader campaigns for progressive politics / Theresa Amato; title: The U.S. Greens in presidential elections: losing their mojo and getting it back / Sayeed Iftekhar Ahmed; title: Labor Party time? not yet / Mark Dudzic and Katherine Isaac; title: Don't wait for labor : the necessity of building a left third party at the grassroots / John Halle; title: A new progressive party : how the working families party can change electoral politics / Daniel Cantor; title: Breaking through by breaking free : why the left needs to declare its political independence / Thomas Harrison; title: Epilogue : questions and answers about progressive third party empowerment / Jonathan Martin.