American Conservatism: History, Theory and PracticeCambridge Scholars Press, 2005 - Всего страниц: 470 American Conservatism: History, Theory, and Practice from Brian R. Farmer is a history of conservatism in the United States that illuminates the odyssey of American conservatism beginning with the Pilgrims and Puritans of the early colonial period and proceeding through the Revolutionary era, the Antebellum period, the Age of Laissez-Faire, Post-Depression Conservatism, the Reagan Era, and concluding with the ideologies and policies of the George W. Bush Administration, arguably the most ideologically driven conservative administration in American history. Conservatism in general and the multiple facets of conservatism are defined, and the political socialization process that produces and perpetuates political ideologies in general and conservatism in particular are presented, to lay the groundwork for the rich history of American people, policies, and events that have surrounded those conservative ideologies that follows. Farmer provides a tool for those interested in American Politics in general and American conservatism in particular with a tool that helps explain the historical development of American ideological conservatism, both in a theoretical sense, and in a policy sense, and thus draws a connection between the American past and what must be considered an exceptional conservative American administration, even by American standards, under George W. Bush. Farmer illustrates that the basic ideological underpinnings that have driven the Bush administration that have generally been viewed by Europeans as exceptional, have been present in American politics since its earliest colonial beginnings with the Puritans and been carried forward by the ideological descendants of the Puritans from that time through the present. In essence, the form of American conservative exceptionalism exhibited during the Bush administration was present in American politics from the very beginning and has continued through the present, albeit in a more extreme form since the traditional ideological conservatives currently dominate all three branches of the American government and the terror attacks of 9/11 allowed them to garner popular support for their exceptional programs. |
Содержание
Introduction | 1 |
American Political Theory Values and Beliefs | 13 |
Classic Liberalism | 35 |
Traditional Conservatism | 47 |
Libertarianism | 71 |
Conservative Extremism | 83 |
Colonial Conservatism | 95 |
Conservatism from the Revolution to the Civil War | 133 |
Conservatism in the New Deal Era | 225 |
Conservatism in the Age of McCarthy | 251 |
Conservatism from Goldwater to Nixon | 277 |
Conservatism and the Reagan Revolution | 307 |
Conservatism from Bush to Bush | 345 |
Conservatism and George W Bush | 387 |
Bibliography | 443 |
Conservatism in the LaissezFaire Era | 173 |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
al Qaeda Anglican anti-Masonry argued attacks became Bible bill bombing budget Bush administration Bush’s campaign candidate Carter Catholic Century China Christian Coalition Church Civil Classic Liberalism Clinton colonial communist Congress Congressional consequence conservatism Conservative Extremism Conservative Extremists conspiracy Constitution defense democracy Democrats economic Eisenhower election elites essentially example fact Falwell favored Federalists foreign policy free market freedom Furthermore George George H.W. Bush George W Goldwater Gould Hoover human ideology Illuminati individual Iraq Iraqi issue Jackson John Klan leader Libertarians Lipset and Raab MacArthur majority McCarthy McCarthy’s military moral absolutes National Nixon opposed position President Presidential Puritans Quakers Quoted religious right Republican Party Revolution Ronald Reagan Roosevelt Saddam Hussein Senate Similarly slave slavery society South Southern Soviet Union spite Stockman Taft tariffs tax cuts terrorism terrorist Texas Traditional Conservatives Truman United Vietnam viewed violated vote voters Washington White House words York