LEADER 02593nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910882200503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-74503-4 010 $a9786612745034 010 $a1-59403-456-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019384 035 $a(EBL)534298 035 $a(OCoLC)630545246 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000457328 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11308505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457328 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10410482 035 $a(PQKB)11025363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534298 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019384 100 $a20090804d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConservatism redefined $ea creed for the poor and disadvantaged /$fPatrick M. Garry 205 $a1st American ed. 210 $aNew York $cEncounter Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59403-347-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable 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 330 $aAfter 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 606 $aConservatism$xPhilosophy 615 0$aConservatism$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.52 700 $aGarry$b Patrick M$0902602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910882200503321 996 $aConservatism redefined$94209651 997 $aUNINA