Screen LibraryConservatism and American political development
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 379 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780195373929 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0195373928 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780195373936 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0195373936 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D771 |
| CLC: | D771.209 |
| Call Number: | D771.209/C755 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the impact of conservatism on twentieth century American political development, locating its origins in the New Deal and then focusing on how conservatives acted within government once they began to achieve power in the late 1960s. The book is divided into three eras, and in each it focuses on three core issues: social security, the environment, and education. Throughout they emphasize the ironic role of conservatism in the expansion of the American state." "Scholars of the state have long focused on liberalism because liberals were the architects of state expansion. However, as conservatives increased their presence in the federal apparatus, they were frequently co-opted into maintaining or even expanding public fiscal and regulatory power. At times, conservatives also came to accept the existence of the liberal state, but attempted to use it to achieve conservative policy ends. Despite conservatives' power in U.S. politics and governance, the American state remains gargantuan. As Conservatism and American Political Development shows, the new right has not only helped shape the state, but has been shaped by it as well."--BOOK JACKET. |