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Maintaining the Coalition: Class Coalitions and Policy Trajectories

Bill Winders

Georgia Tech in Atlanta, william.winders{at}hts.gatech.edu

The author compares the trajectories of three U.S. policies from 1935 to 1952: the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and the Social Security Act (SSA). Agricultural policy expanded beyond the New Deal, labor policy was severely weakened, and social security saw only minor changes. Why? Class coalitions strongly influenced the trajectories of these policies. The coalition supporting the AAA largely maintained, but the coalition supporting the NLRA collapsed. Support from southern planters was particularly important for each policy. Focusing on trajectories rather than merely policy formation more clearly demonstrates the influence of class coalitions over state policy.

Key Words: policy trajectories • New Deal politics • class coalitions

Politics & Society, Vol. 33, No. 3, 387-423 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0032329205278461
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