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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455944103321

Autore

Thompson Michael J. <1973->

Titolo

Confronting the New Conservatism [[electronic resource] ] : The Rise of the Right in America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : NYU Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8147-8425-9

0-8147-8329-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

320.520973

Soggetti

Conservatism -- United States

Political culture -- United States

Political parties -- United States

United States -- Politics and government

Conservatism - United States

Political culture - United States

Political parties - United States

Law, Politics & Government

Human Rights

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Confronting the New Conservatism; Part I: What Is the New Conservatism?; 1 America's Conservative Landscape: The New Conservatism and the Reorientation of American Democracy; 2 Cultural Rage and the Right-Wing Intellectuals; 3 Considerations on the Origins of Neoconservatism: Looking Backward; 4 The New Political Right in the United States: Reaction, Rollback, and Resentment; Part II: The New Conservatism at Home; 5 From Neoconservative to New Right: American Conservatives and the Welfare State

6 Tearing Down the Wall: Conservative Use and Abuse of Religion in Politics7 Paradox or Contradiction: The Marriage Mythos in Neoconservative Ideology; 8 The Neoconservative Assault on the



Courts: How Worried Should We Be?; Part III: The Global Reach of the New Conservative Ideology; 9 The Imperial Presidency: The Legacy of Reagan's Central America Policy; 10 The Neocon Con Game: Nihilism Revisited; 11 One-Dimensional Men: Neoconservatives, Their Allies and Models; 12 Resisting the Right: Challenging the Neoconservative Agenda; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

William Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, George F. Will, and Dick Cheney. These are today's neoconservatives"confident, clear-cut, and a political force to be reckoned with. But how should we define this new conservatism? What is new about it? In this volume, some of today's top political scholars take on the charge of explaining, defining, and confronting the new conservatism of the last twenty-five years. The authors examine the ideas, policies and roots of this ideological movement showing that contemporary neoconservatism has been able to blend many of the aspects

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131172103321

Autore

Brunelle Dorval

Titolo

Après dix ans d'application : l'ALENA doit-il encore servir de modèle ? : La diffusion du modèle de l'accord a connu de sérieux ratés au cours de la dernière année / / Dorval Brunelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2005

ISBN

1-55441-647-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales

Disciplina

382.917

Soggetti

Free trade - North America

Free trade - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Menaces qui perdurent -- Cadre dépassé?