Conservatism and American political development

Conservatism and American political development / edited by Brian J. Glenn, Steven M. Teles.

This edited book is the first to offer an overview of the impact of conservatism on 20th 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Glenn, Brian J., 1969-, Teles, Steven Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Conservatism > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Social security > United States > History > 20th century.
Education and state > United States > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
Conservatism
Education and state
Environmental policy
Social security
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Studying the Role of Conservatives in American Political Development; Part I: The New Deal to the Great Society; 1 Environmental Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Lagged Emergence of an Ideological Dividing Line; 2 Social Security from the New Deal to the Great Society: Expanding the Public Domain; 3 Education Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Three Rs--Race, Religion, and Reds; Part II: The Great Society to 1980; 4 Environmental Policy from the Great Society to 1980: A Coalition Comes Unglued.

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