Confronting the new conservatism : the rise of the right in America / / edited by Michael J. Thompson

• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.520973
• Soggetto topico: Conservatism - United States; Political culture - United States; Political parties - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Altri autori: ThompsonMichael <1973->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: confronting the new conservatism / Michael J. Thompson. Pt. I. What is the new conservatism? America's conservative landscape: the new conservatism and the reorientation of American democracy / Michael J. Thomspn -- Cultural rage and the right-wing intellectuals / Philip Green -- Considerations on the origins of neoconservatism: looking backward / Stanley Aronowitz -- The new political right in the United States: reaction, rollback, and resentment / Chip Berlet. Pt. II. The new conservatism at home. From neoconservative to new right: American conservatives and the welfare state / Charles Noble -- Tearing down the wall: conservative use and abuse of religion in politics / Diana M. Judd -- Paradox or contradiction: the marriage mythos in neoconservative ideology / R. Claire Snyder -- The neoconservative assault on the courts: how worried should we be? / Thomas M. Keck. Pt. III. The global reach of the new neoconservative ideology. The imperial presidency: the legacy of Reagan's Central America policy / Greg Grandin -- The neocon con game: nihilism revisited / Nicholas Xenos -- One-dimensional men: neoconservatives, their allies and models / Lawrence Davidson -- Resisting the right: challenging the neoconservative agenda / Stephen Eric Bronner.
• Sommario/riassunto: William Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, George F. Will, and Dick Cheney. These are today's neoconservatives"confident, clear-cut, and a political force to be reckoned with. But how should we define this new conservatism? What is new about it? In this volume, some of today's top political scholars take on the charge of explaining, defining, and confronting the new conservatism of the last twenty-five years. The authors examine the ideas, policies and roots of this ideological movement showing that contemporary neoconservatism has been able to blend many of the aspects
• Titolo autorizzato: Confronting the new conservatism
• ISBN: 0-8147-8425-9; 0-8147-8329-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818296503321
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