Crisis of conservatism? : the Republican Party, the conservative movement and American politics after Bush /

The Crisis of Conservatism gathers a broad range of leading scholars of conservatism to assess the current state of the movement in the U.S. and where it is most likely headed in the near future.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Aberbach, Joel D., Peele, Gillian, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Political Science module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the ending of the conservative era? / Gillian Peele and Joel D. Aberbach
  • American conservatism in historical perspective / Gillian Peele
  • The future of the American right: evidence and questions from the Bush years / Joel D. Aberbach
  • The future of the Republican Party / A. James Reichley
  • Stresse and strains: "Plus Ca̧ change" in the parties and voting / John R. Petrocik
  • The Christian right and contemporary politics: a movement at the crossroads / Mark J. Rozell
  • Pro-women, pro-Palin, antifeminist: conservative women and conservative movement politics / Ronnee Schreiber
  • The struggles of an "orthodox innovator": George W. Bush, the conservative movement, and domestic policy / Jon Herbert
  • Compassionate conservatism, domestic policy, and the politics of ideational change / Steven Teles
  • Thoughts that count? The GOP's woes and the work of the conservative think tanks / Pietro S. Nivola
  • Conservatives and the courts / Michael Greve
  • Shaping a new conservative agenda / Michael Tanner
  • Conservatives and the American economy / George A. (Sandy) Mackenzie
  • Cntemporary conservatism and government regulation / Christopher Demuth
  • The McBama national security consensus and republican foreign policy after the 2008 election / Timothy J. Lynch
  • Past is present: Bush and the future of the Republican Party foreign policy / Trevor B. McCrisken
  • Conservative tensions and the republican future / Joel D. Aberbach and Gillian Peele.