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Record Nr.

UNINA9910882200503321

Autore

Garry Patrick M

Titolo

Conservatism redefined : a creed for the poor and disadvantaged / / Patrick M. Garry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Encounter Books, 2010

ISBN

1-282-74503-4

9786612745034

1-59403-456-7

Edizione

[1st American ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

320.52

Soggetti

Conservatism - Philosophy

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

Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION THE CRISIS FOR CONSERVATISM; CHAPTER ONE THE ENDURING POWER OF CONSERVATISM; CHAPTER TWO THE CONSERVATIVE CREED, PART I: THE BELIEF IN HISTORY; CHAPTER THREE THE CONSERVATIVE CREED, PART II: THE BELIEF IN HUMAN DIGNITY; CHAPTER FOUR THE REAL CONSERVATISM: A CREED OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE MOST IN NEED; CHAPTER FIVE HISTORICAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE CONSERVATISM OF ADAMS AND LINCOLN; CHAPTER SIX CONSERVATISM AS A CREED FOR THE COMMON PERSON; CHAPTER SEVEN POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES; CONCLUSION; Index

Sommario/riassunto

After reaching high levels of public popularity in the 1980's and 1990's, political conservatism has become beset with criticism and disillusionment. As demonstrated by the 2008 election results, political conservatism has been blamed for an unpopular Iraq war, an economy nose diving into recession, and a barrage of high profile instances of corporate misbehavior. This crisis in the ideological identity of and public confidence in conservatism is partly due to conservatism itself. Contrary to the intellectual vibrancy that characterized the 1980's and 1990's, political conservatism