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Women and the Democratic Party - The Evolution of Emily's List (Hardcover, New)
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Women and the Democratic Party - The Evolution of Emily's List (Hardcover, New)
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Formed in 1985 as a political action committee (PAC) to provide
select female Democratic candidates with "seed" money to run for
federal office, today EMILY's List is much more than a women's PAC.
Over the past twenty-five years, a political entrepreneur-Ellen
Malcolm, a cadre of liberal feminist activists, and thousands of
liberal feminist women and men have transformed EMILY's List into a
multi-pronged influence organization that has changed the face of
U.S. Congress and the American political landscape. Over the past
quarter of a century, EMILY's List transformed from a women's
PAC/donor network to a multi-pronged influence organization that
strategically uses its resources to aid pro-choice Democratic women
in their quest for public office. EMILY's List has created and
maximized on political opportunities in such a way that it now
stands as a political powerhouse. Those who have underestimated it
as a narrow women's organization, have also largely underestimated
the important role EMILY's List played in helping transform the
character of the Democratic Party in Congress and helping bring
about the Party's dramatic resurgence to power. This study is the
first examination of the growth and transformation of EMILY's List
from its inception in 1985 through the 2008 election cycle. Relying
on interviews with organization staff, founding members, and
members of Congress, it illuminates the ways in which the
organization's origin and mission are firmly rooted in the goals
and activities of the liberal feminist women's movement of the
1970s. The successes and failures of this movement set the stage
for the creation of EMILY's List. Using qualitative and
quantitative data, this study traces the organization's evolution
from its early days as a PAC to its transformation into a
multi-pronged influence organization that is a PAC, but also
functions as an interest group, a party adjunct, and a campaign
organization. The book explores the membership of the organization
over time, highlighting EMILY's List's efforts to pull in new
members and retain its loyal base. The book also explores how the
organization has overcome women's reticence to contribute and how
that has helped it become so influential in the political sphere.
The last part of the book examines the organization's influence
vis-a-vis the endorsement process, which highlights the
organization's multi-pronged strategy. It ends with a discussion of
the organization's endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton's
presidential bid in 2008, and what the 2008 election meant for the
future of EMILY's List. This book would be appropriate for a
variety of courses including courses on women and politics,
Congress and congressional elections, campaign and elections
courses, parties and interest group courses, and campaign finance
courses. This book will be accessible and appropriate for
undergraduates and graduate students, as well as researchers and
practitioners. It combines historical narrative, which makes it
accessible to students, with original interviews and empirical
analysis, which appeals to faculty wishing to introduce students to
cutting edge research efforts in political science.
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