The Right Nation - John Micklethwait
Conservative Power in America
KORTE INHOUD
The Right Nation is not "for" liberals, and it's not "for" conservatives. It's for any of us who want to understand one of the most important forces shaping American life. How did America's government become so much more conservative in just a generation? Compared to Europe-or to America under Richard Nixon-even President Howard Dean would preside over a distinctly more conservative nation in many crucial welfare is gone; the death penalty is deeply rooted; abortion is under siege; regulations are being rolled back; the pillars of New Deal liberalism are turning to sand. Conservative positions have not prevailed everywhere, of course, but this book shows us why they've been so successfully advanced over such a broad because the battle has been waged by well-organized, shrewd, and committed troops who to some extent have been lucky in their enemies. John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, like modern-day Tocquevilles, have the perspective to see this vast subject in the round, unbeholden to forces on either s...
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2005Uitgever: Penguin Classics464 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0143035398ISBN-13: 9780143035398Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2005, Paperback, age tanned, good copy [Auteur: Micklethwait, John] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: PENGUIN GROUP] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: The Right Nation / Conservative Power in America]
