Right-of-centre democratic ideologies

There are few intellectual movements in modern American political history more successful than the Federalist Society.

There are few intellectual movements in modern American political history more successful than the Federalist Society.

Americans are more divided today than at any time since the Civil War.

The Religious Right came to prominence in the early 1980s, but it was born during the early Cold War.

American social policy, writes David Stoesz, is currently experiencing an alarming paradigm shift.

How did American conservatism, little more than a collection of loosely related beliefs in the late 1940s and early 1950s, become a coherent political and social force in the 1960s?

This spirited analysis--and defense--of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present.

In the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of Protestant churches whose members habitually carry their Bibles with them.

This work provides a sweeping historical analysis of the political development of Western Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

The Depression era saw the first mass student movement in American history.

Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order.

Lord Hugh Cecil, commenting in 1912 on the British Conservative party's staying power, said that the party's success was largely a matter of temperament, "e;recruited from.

"e;Alas,"e; Newman said of liberalism, "e;it is an error overspreading, as a snare, the whole earth.

This study of exemplary writings from the debates over the ratification of the 1787 Constitution deals with the American constitutional founders' understandings of citizenship and civic virtue.

Between 1906 and the outbreak of World War I, Moscow was the locale of great uncertainty and experimentation.

Recent scholarship on General Boulanger's 1888-89 bid for power in France's Third Republic has focused on the combination of socialism and national chauvinism in the movement supporting Boulanger's campaign, seeing in this alliance the left-wing origins of 20th-century fascism.

Liberalism is a classic in the liberal tradition.

This book is the first biography ever written of Arthur J.

In the examination of the conception of human nature, a duality is commonly perceived--the liberal self as atomistic, self-contained, even selfish; and the communitarian self as socially situated and defined through its environment.

Gerald Gaus draws on current work in epistemology and cognitive psychology to defend a modest version of cognitive relativism.

Liberal education has always had its share of theorists, believers, and detractors, both inside and outside the academy.

This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies.

The scope of affirmative obligation is a point of contention among liberals.

Race and the Making of American Liberalism traces the roots of the contemporary crisis of progressive liberalism deep into the nation's racial past.

Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right.

The New Red Negro surveys African-American poetry from the onset of the Depression to the early days of the Cold War.

Between 1830 and 1914 in Britain a dramatic modification of the reputation of Edmund Burke (1730-1797) occurred.

Between 1830 and 1914 in Britain a dramatic modification of the reputation of Edmund Burke (1730-1797) occurred.

The Conservative Party is the least investigated and understood of British political parties, despite its long record of success.

The Right in France from the Third Republic to Vichy provides a new history of parliamentary conservatism and the extreme right in France during the successive crises of the years from 1870 to 1945.

Research on the extreme right is rare, and the extreme right has even more rarely been analysed as a social movement.

History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America examines the subjects, motives, and personal and intellectual origins of conservative historians who were also successful public intellectuals.

This book has three aims.

Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influence on what came to be known as Thatcherism.

Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influence on what came to be known as Thatcherism.

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation.

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation.

From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics.

From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics.

Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of NonfictionWhile the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "e;new birth of freedom,"e; Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral.

Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of NonfictionWhile the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "e;new birth of freedom,"e; Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral.

From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, and surprising electoral success.

From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, and surprising electoral success.

The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically.

The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically.

Late in life, William F.

Late in life, William F.

With the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, the US government ushered in a new era of social welfare policies, to counteract the devastation of The Great Depression.

Donald Trump's 2016 victory shocked the world, but his appeals to the economic discontent of the white working class should not be so surprising, as stagnant wages for the many have been matched with skyrocketing incomes for the few.

Donald Trump's 2016 victory shocked the world, but his appeals to the economic discontent of the white working class should not be so surprising, as stagnant wages for the many have been matched with skyrocketing incomes for the few.