Getting the Donkey Out of the Ditch: The Democratic Party in Search of Itself

by Caroline Arden

A pioneering case study of a major political party under extreme strain, Getting the Donkey Out of the Ditch traces in detail what the Democratic Party actually did in the two years immediately following its resounding defeat in the 1980 elections. Caroline Arden argues that in November 1980 the Democratic Party was under the most severe stress it had experienced in this century, brought on not only by the loss of an election but also by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313258384
• ISBN13: 9780313258381
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"