My book, From New Deal to Neoliberalism: The Democratic Party in the Age of Inequality (University of Pennsylvania Press), examines the paradox of modern Democratic liberalism’s embrace of greater civic equality while simultaneously retreating from a redistributional policy agenda to address rising economic inequality. This development, I argue, is the result of the emergence of what I call the advocacy party, a new form of party organization that is institutionally hollow and ideologically shaped by a loose network of contending advocacy groups. Far from constituting a pluralist heaven, however, the advocacy party, while very successful in advancing a progressive agenda for civic equality, fails to adequately represent their poorest and most marginalized constituents. As a result, the Democratic Party has become home to a brand of progressive neoliberalism, marrying meaningful victories for out-group claims for full civic status and recognition with pro-growth, market-friendly social and economic policies. My book traces the emergence and consolidation of the advocacy party from the protracted conflicts between 1960s social movement activists and their intraparty opponents in the waning days of the New Deal order. The terms on which this conflict was resolved left the Democratic Party organizationally hollowed out, unable to control its nomination process and open to greater movement and interest group influence at the grassroots.