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02885aam a22003738i 4500 001 BDFBE7123E2911ED85B95C534CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220927010045 008 220222s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022003009 020 $a 1645030024 020 $a 9781645030027 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a JK2316 $b .B79 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220611 100 1 $a Burmila, Ed, $e author. 245 10 $a CHAOTIC NEUTRAL : $b HOW THE DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR SOUL IN THE CENTER / $c Ed Burmila. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2209 264 1 $a New York : $b Bold Type Books, $c 2022. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In Chaotic Neutral, political scientist Ed Burmila tracks the evolution (or devolution) of the Democratic Party-from the New Deal era to the pandemic, when, even in the midst of a genuine national crisis, the Dems could not manage to pass such sweeping progressive legislation. Why did the Democrats initially abandon their principles, and why haven't they been able to grasp that they need a new strategy in the face of decades of diminishing returns? To offer guidance, Burmila identifies ten recurring patterns of behavior and key aspects of their approach to politics that have left the Dems politically inept and in the position of permanent also-rans-even when they win! If we are going to be stuck with a two-party system for the foreseeable future, Burmilaargues, then the Democratic Party must become an effective counterweight to the Republicans' death cult. Breaking free of these pathologies of learned helplessness and attachment to the status quo is the only way to get there. Chaotic Neutral captures not only the Democrats' calculated shift toward neoliberalism and the center, but also the Republican party's response of moving further right, in the knowledge that the Dems will continue trying to meet them in the middle. It also explains that the Democrats' refusal to acknowledge this new political reality has brought them increasingly out of touch as the stakes climb higher. To understand the possibilities for their survival, we need to consider how and why the Democrats got here, and where they must gonext"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $x History $y 20th century. 610 20 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $x History $y 21st century. 610 20 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $x Platforms. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 20th century. $9 76692 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012353.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025131.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221203071130.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220927010430.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BDFBE7123E2911ED85B95C534CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search