Unraveling The Right: The New Conservatism In American Thought And Politics / Edition 1

by Amy Ansell

Overview

This book focuses on an alternative perspective on the relevance of today's conservatism in American thought and politics. It analyzes the most central and most significant public issues confronting our society at the end of the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813331478
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1610L (what's this?)

About the Author

Amy E. Ansell is assistant professor and associate dean for International Programs at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Part One Organizational Currents, Following the Threads, The Personal Is Political: The Role of Cultural Projects in the Mobilization of the Christian Right, Inventing an American Conservatism: The Neoconservative Episode, Business Conflict and Right-Wing Movements, Part Two Ideological and Policy Currents, Kitchen Table Backlash: The Antifeminist Women's Movement, Fulfilling Fears and Fantasies: The Role of Welfare in Right-Wing Social Thought and Strategy, Why Did Armey Apologize? Hegemony, Homophobia, and the Religious Right, The Color of America's Culture Wars, The Military-Industrial Complex and U.S. Foreign Policy: Institutionalizing the New Right Agenda in the Post-Cold War Period, The New Right's Economics: A Diagnosis and Counterattack, Mastering the New Political Arithmetic: Volatile Voters, Declining Living Standards, and Non-College-Educated Whites, Notes on the Editor and Contributors, Index

Editorial Reviews

Examines the critical role right-wing ideology and policymaking practice have played in the reorganization of key elements on the American political landscape. Offers alternative perspectives on the relevance of today's conservatism in American thought and politics, with sections on organizational currents, and ideological and policy currents. Themes include the role of cultural projects in the mobilization of the Christian Right, the antifeminist women's movement, the role of welfare in right-wing social thought and strategy, institutionalizing the New Right agenda in the post-Cold War period, and the new political arithmetic. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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