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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457819503321

Autore

Kabaservice Geoffrey M

Titolo

Rule and ruin [[electronic resource] ] : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party / / Geoffrey Kabaservice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-42808-3

9786613428080

0-19-992113-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (505 p.)

Collana

Studies in postwar American political development

Disciplina

324.2734

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE WIDENING GYRE: The Republican Party at the 1960 Convention; 2. THINGS FALL APART: Advance Magazine and the Decay of the Moderate Establishment, 1961-63; 3. THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: The Republican Primaries of 1964; 4. THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED: The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964; 5. THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED: Moderates Attempt to Regain Control of the GOP, 1965; 6. FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY: From Rat Finks to Reagan, 1966; 7. THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION: Moderation's Zenith and George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967

8. MERE ANARCHY: Moderate Half-Victories and the Agonies of 19689. SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND: Richard Nixon's First Year in Office, 1969; 10. THE ROUGH BEAST: Nixon and the Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970; 11. DARKNESS DROPS: Moderate Republican Decline from Nixon to Ford to Reagan, 1971-80; 12. SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM: The Collapse of the Moderate Republicans, 1980-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the mode

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001102539707536

Autore

Fix, Ulla

Titolo

Stil - ein sprachliches und soziales Phänomen : Beiträge zur Stilistik / Ulla Fix ; Herausgegeben von Irmhild Barz, Hannelore Poethe, Gabriele Yos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Frank & Timme, 2007

ISBN

9783865961389

Descrizione fisica

461 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Sprachwissenschaft ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

Barz, Irmhild

Poethe, Hannelore

Yos, Gabriele

Disciplina

808.0431

Soggetti

Lingua tedesca - Stilistica

Lingua tedesca - Retorica

Retorica tedesca

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

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