03287nam 2200649 a 450 991045731000332120200520144314.00-8047-7902-310.1515/9780804779029(CKB)2550000000052458(EBL)752421(OCoLC)746747208(SSID)ssj0000566130(PQKBManifestationID)12198640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566130(PQKBWorkID)10534158(PQKB)11487715(MiAaPQ)EBC752421(DE-B1597)563828(DE-B1597)9780804779029(Au-PeEL)EBL752421(CaPaEBR)ebr10496737(OCoLC)1178768945(EXLCZ)99255000000005245820110131d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClass and power in the New Deal[electronic resource] corporate moderates, southern Democrats, and the liberal-labor coalition /G. William Domhoff and Michael J. WebberStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (304 p.)Studies in social inequalityDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7452-8 0-8047-7453-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The power actors -- The Agricultural Adjustment Act -- The National Labor Relations Act -- The Social Security Act -- Aftermath and implementation -- The shortcomings of alternative theories of the New Deal.Class and Power in the New Deal provides a new perspective on the origins and implementation of the three most important policies that emerged during the New Deal—the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Social Security Act. It reveals how Northern corporate moderates, representing some of the largest fortunes and biggest companies of that era, proposed all three major initiatives and explores why there were no viable alternatives put forward by the opposition. More generally, this book analyzes the seeming paradox of policy support and political opposition. The authors seek to demonstrate the superiority of class dominance theory over other perspectives—historical institutionalism, Marxism, and protest-disruption theory—in explaining the origins and development of these three policy initiatives. Domhoff and Webber draw on extensive new archival research to develop a fresh interpretation of this seminal period of American government and social policy development.Studies in social inequality.New Deal, 1933-1939United StatesPolitics and government1933-1945United StatesEconomic policy1933-1945United StatesSocial policyElectronic books.New Deal, 1933-1939.973.917Domhoff G. William125622Webber Michael J651476MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457310003321Class and power in the New Deal2485030UNINA