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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810476703321

Autore

Smith Robert C (Robert Charles), <1947-2023.>

Titolo

Conservatism and racism, and why in America they are the same [[electronic resource] /] / Robert C. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4384-3234-8

1-4416-7411-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in African American studies

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racism - United States

Conservatism - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Defining the terms of discourse -- Lockean "liberalism" as the conservative ideology in America -- The special place of the South in American conservatism -- The rise of the liberal remnant -- African American thought and the conservative remnant -- Racism and the conservative intellectual movement, 1945-1970 -- Racism and neoconservatism, 1968-1980 -- The ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the parts played by ideology and race -- The Reagan presidency and race -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative, wide-ranging study, Robert C. Smith contends that ideological conservatism and racism are and always have been equivalent in the United States. In this carefully constructed and thoroughly documented philosophical, historical, and empirical inquiry, Smith analyzes conservative ideas from John Locke to William F. Buckley, Jr., as well as the parallels between the rise and decline of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1970s and the ascendancy of the conservative movement to national power in 1980. Using archival material from the Reagan library, the book includes detailed analysis of the Reagan presidency and race, focusing on affirmative action, the Voting Rights act, the Grove City case, welfare reform, South Africa policy, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Conservatism and



Racism, and Why in America They are the Same goes beyond a focus on the right wing, concluding with an analysis of the enduring impact of the conservative movement and the Reagan presidency on liberalism, race, and the Democratic Party.