Confronting the New Conservatism : : The Rise of the Right in America
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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Confronting the New Conservatism; Part I: What Is the New Conservatism?; 1 America's Conservative Landscape: The New Conservatism and the Reorientation of American Democracy; 2 Cultural Rage and the Right-Wing Intellectuals; 3 Considerations on the Origins of Neoconservatism: Looking Backward; 4 The New Political Right in the United States: Reaction, Rollback, and Resentment; Part II: The New Conservatism at Home; 5 From Neoconservative to New Right: American Conservatives and the Welfare State
- 6 Tearing Down the Wall: Conservative Use and Abuse of Religion in Politics7 Paradox or Contradiction: The Marriage Mythos in Neoconservative Ideology; 8 The Neoconservative Assault on the Courts: How Worried Should We Be?; Part III: The Global Reach of the New Conservative Ideology; 9 The Imperial Presidency: The Legacy of Reagan's Central America Policy; 10 The Neocon Con Game: Nihilism Revisited; 11 One-Dimensional Men: Neoconservatives, Their Allies and Models; 12 Resisting the Right: Challenging the Neoconservative Agenda; Contributors; Index