LEADER 04437nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910811041103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-16362-4 010 $a9786613163622 010 $a1-4008-3071-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400830718 035 $a(CKB)2550000001251953 035 $a(EBL)729934 035 $a(OCoLC)741691075 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986333 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11547393 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986333 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937492 035 $a(PQKB)10642657 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525380 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12213211 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525380 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488410 035 $a(PQKB)11004129 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36475 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071412 035 $a(DE-B1597)446393 035 $a(OCoLC)979970188 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400830718 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL729934 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10481981 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL316362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC729934 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001251953 100 $a20061204d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe right talk$b[electronic resource] $ehow conservatives transformed the Great Society into the economic society /$fMark A. Smith 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14100-2 311 $a0-691-13017-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Role of Rhetoric in the Formation of Policy -- $t3. Economic Insecurity and Its Rhetorical Consequences -- $t4. The Building of Conservatives' Intellectual Capacity -- $t5. The Move to Economic Arguments by Conservative Intellectuals -- $t6. The Rhetorical Adaptations of the Republican Party -- $t7. Democrats and the Long Shadow of Deficit Politics -- $t8. The Republicans' Electoral Edge on the Economy -- $t9 The Broad Reach and Future Prospects of Economic Rhetoric -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aPolitical analyst Mark Smith offers the most original and compelling explanation yet of why America has swung to the right in recent decades. How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into one that defines the nation's most important policy choices? Conventional wisdom attributes the Republican resurgence to a political bait and switch--the notion that conservatives win elections on social issues like abortion and religious expression, but once in office implement far-reaching policies on the economic issues downplayed during campaigns. Smith illuminates instead the eye-opening reality that economic matters have become more central, not less, to campaigns and the public agenda. He analyzes a half century of speeches, campaign advertisements, party platforms, and intellectual writings, systematically showing how Republican politicians and conservative intellectuals increasingly gave economic justifications for policies they once defended through appeals to freedom. He explains how Democrats similarly conceived economic justifications for their own policies, but unlike Republicans they changed positions on issues rather than simply offering new arguments and thus helped push the national discourse inexorably to the right. The Right Talk brings clarity, reason, and hard-nosed evidence to a contentious subject. Certain to enrich the debate about the conservative ascendancy in America, this book will provoke discussions and reactions for years to come. 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aConservatism 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 676 $aRE/320.520973 686 $a89.11$2bcl 686 $a15.85$2bcl 686 $a89.61$2bcl 700 $aSmith$b Mark A$g(Mark Alan),$f1970-$01626839 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811041103321 996 $aThe right talk$94053249 997 $aUNINA