Format:
1 online resource (392 pages)
ISBN:
9780199706013
Content:
Through a sustained historical analysis of three of the most important issues in American politics--Social Security, environmental regulation, and federal education policy--Conservatism and American Political Development explores how conservatives have helped shape U.S. domestic policy and how the growth of the American state has in turn shaped conservatism. Featuring leading scholars of American political development, the book traces the evolution of each issue over the course of three epochs: the New Deal, the Great Society era, and the Reagan era. Throughout, it emphasizes the ironic role of conservatism in the expansion of the American state. As conservatives increased their presence in the federal apparatus, they were frequently co-opted into maintaining or even expanding regulatory and public fiscal power. At times, conservatives also came to accept the existence of the liberal state, but attempted to use it to achieve conservative policy ends. Despite conservatives' power in U.S. politics and governance over the last quarter century, "big government" remains. As Conservatism and American Political Development shows, conservatism has not only helped shape the state, but has been shaped by it as well.
Content:
Intro -- 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 -- 5 Social Security from the Great Society to 1980: Further Expansion and Rekindled Controversy -- 6 Education Policy from the Great Society to 1980: The Expansion and Institutionalization of the Federal Role in Schools -- Part III: 1980 to 2008 -- 7 Environmental Policy from 1980 to 2008: The Politics of Prevention -- 8 Social Security from 1980 to the Present: From Third Rail to Presidential Commitment-and Back? -- 9 Education Policy from 1980 to the Present: The Politics of Privatization -- Conclusion: Conservatism and American Political Development -- Afterword: An Attenuated Reconstruction: The Conservative Turn in American Political Development -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195373929
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195373929
Additional Edition:
Print version Conservatism and American Political Development
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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