Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics

Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 0761954147
ISBN-13 : 9780761954149
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics by : Goran Dahl

Over the last 30 years the post-war centre-ground which recognized the welfare state, the funding of education, protection of the environment and the management of capitalism as the proper business of the state, has fragmented. Emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the proper limitations of state power has changed the climate of everyday life. This book locates the roots of radical conservatism in the writings of Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Heidegger, Junger and Schmitt. It documents the radical conservative worldview and points to limitations in its perspective. Dahl asserts that we should be wary of considering radical conservatism as a singular phenomenon and discusses global divergences in belief and policy.

Radical Conservatism

Radical Conservatism
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Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015064732996
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Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Conservatism by : Robert Brent Toplin

An unflinching look at the origins, philosophy, meanings, and impact of the radical form of conservatism that currently dominates American politics. Analyzing the literature (books, magazines, newspapers) and broadcast sources that define and promote conservatism, Toplin leads the reader on a provocative tour of the conservative mind as viewed by a liberal tour guide.

Far-Right Vanguard

Far-Right Vanguard
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780812253474
ISBN-13 : 0812253477
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Far-Right Vanguard by : John S. Huntington

"An examination of the far-right roots of mid-twentieth-century conservatism"--

Conservatism

Conservatism
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 9780691233994
ISBN-13 : 0691233993
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Conservatism by : Edmund Fawcett

"Conservatism focuses on an exemplary core of France, Britain, Germany and the United States. It describes the parties, politicians and thinkers of the right, bringing out strengths and weaknesses in conservative thought"--Provided by publisher.

Red, White and Radical

Red, White and Radical
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9780429620386
ISBN-13 : 0429620381
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Red, White and Radical by : Warrick Harniess

Red, White and Radical explores how and why America has become so conservative since World War II. In the process, it offers lessons that professional leaders, regardless of their political stance, should heed if they want their organisational change plans to succeed. Over the past 70 years, a motley crew of suburban activists, libertarian businessmen and political opportunists have radically changed America and its national values. The rise of American conservatism is the greatest modern example of cultural change in the Western world. How did they do it – and what can we learn from this? Red, White and Radical is a manual for organisational change. It tells nine stories from American cultural, political and business history that illuminate how conservatives have pioneered change. From these stories, it extracts a change management lesson for professional leaders and explains how to apply that lesson in the workplace. These nine lessons are organised into a clear change framework: understanding and motivating people communicating with emotion and authenticity building teams and networks that can deliver lasting change. Along the way you’ll also learn: how Marlboro became the world’s biggest cigarette brand why conservatives love Ronald Reagan but despise Richard Nixon the origins of the social media echo chamber how Silicon Valley learned to lobby the secrets of Donald Trump’s populist X Factor. Red, White and Radical is not for the faint of heart. If you’re a passionate business leader who relishes the challenge of delivering true organisational change for the better, then this book is for you.

The Texas Right

The Texas Right
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781623491116
ISBN-13 : 1623491118
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Texas Right by : David O'Donald Cullen

In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century. They illuminate the initial factors that began moving Texas to the far right, even before the arrival of the New Deal. By demonstrating that Texas politics foreshadowed the partisan realignment of the erstwhile Solid South, the studies in this book challenge the traditional narrative that emphasizes the right-wing critique of modern America voiced by, among others, radical conservatives of the state’s Democratic Party, beginning in the 1930s. As the contributors show, it is impossible to understand the Jeffersonian Democrats of 1936, the Texas Regular movement of 1944, the Dixiecrat Party of 1948, the Shivercrats of the 1950s, state members of the John Birch Society, Texas members of Young Americans for Freedom, Reagan Democrats, and most recently, even, the Tea Party movement without first understanding the underlying impulses that produced their formation.

Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics

Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780857026170
ISBN-13 : 0857026178
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics by : Goran Dahl

Over the last 30 years the post-war centre-ground which recognized the welfare state, the funding of education, protection of the environment and the management of capitalism as the proper business of the state, has fragmented. Emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the proper limitations of state power has changed the climate of everyday life. This book locates the roots of radical conservatism in the writings of Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Heidegger, Junger and Schmitt. It documents the radical conservative worldview and points to limitations in its perspective. Dahl asserts that we should be wary of considering radical conservatism as a singular phenomenon and discusses global divergences in belief and policy.

Beyond Left and Right

Beyond Left and Right
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780745666549
ISBN-13 : 074566654X
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Beyond Left and Right by : Anthony Giddens

How should one understand the nature and possibilities of political radicalism today? The political radical is normally thought of as someone who stands on the left, opposing backward-looking conservatism. In the present day, however, the left has turned defensive, while the right has become radical, advocating the free play of market forces no matter what obstacles of tradition or custom stand in their way. What explains such a curious twist of perspective? In answering this question Giddens develops a new framework for radical politics, drawing freely on what he calls "philosophic conservatism", but applying this outlook in the service of values normally associated with the Left. The ecological crisis is at the core of this analysis, but is understood by Giddens in an unconventional way - as a response to a world in which modernity has run up against its limits as a social and moral order. The end of nature, as an entity existing independently of human intervention, and the end of tradition, combined with the impact of globalization, are the forces which now have to be confronted, made use of and coped with. This book provides a powerful interpretation of the rise of fundamentalism, of democracy, the persistence of gender divisions and the question of a normative political theory of violence. It will be essential reading for anyone seeking a novel approach to the political challenges which we face at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism
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Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9780700625796
ISBN-13 : 0700625798
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism by : George Hawley

The American conservative movement as we know it faces an existential crisis as the nation's demographics shift away from its core constituents—older white middle-class Christians. It is the American conservatism that we don't know that concerns George Hawley in this book. During its ascendancy, leaders within the conservative establishment have energetically policed the movement’s boundaries, effectively keeping alternative versions of conservatism out of view. Returning those neglected voices to the story, Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism offers a more complete, complex, and nuanced account of the American right in all its dissonance in history and in our day. The right-wing intellectual movements considered here differ both from mainstream conservatism and from each other when it comes to fundamental premises, such as the value of equality, the proper role of the state, the importance of free markets, the place of religion in politics, and attitudes toward race. In clear and dispassionate terms, Hawley examines localists who exhibit equal skepticism toward big business and big government, paleoconservatives who look to the distant past for guidance and wish to turn back the clock, radical libertarians who are not content to be junior partners in the conservative movement, and various strains of white supremacy and the radical right in America. In the Internet age, where access is no longer determined by the select few, the independent right has far greater opportunities to make its many voices heard. This timely work puts those voices into context and historical perspective, clarifying our understanding of the American right—past, present, and future.

Rules for Conservatives

Rules for Conservatives
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0983745684
ISBN-13 : 9780983745686
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Rules for Conservatives by : Michael Charles Master

Saul Alinsky wrote Rules for Radicals 40 years ago as instructions on how to seize power. He was the original community organizer who documented how to organize others to provide power to the organizers. Alinsky was an instigator of class warfare and of the culture war. He taught liberals how to divide America by organizing communities to seize power. Because of those who practiced those rules, America is suffering. Every problem that we Americans face today can be traced back to compromises with liberal radical leaders. As it defined the rules that radicals should use to implement socialism and gain more control of governments, Rules for Conservatives defines the rules that conservatives should use to stop this incremental takeover by liberals. The Tea Party movement is determined to cut the tax burden on Americans. With decreased tax revenues, governments will have to shrink and liberals will lose power. Rules for Conservatives is the playbook for all conservatives and all Tea Party people to save America from liberal community organizers.