Conservatism and American political development

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction: Studying the Role of Conservatives in American Political Development......Page 16
Part I: The New Deal to the Great Society......Page 32
1 Environmental Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Lagged Emergence of an Ideological Dividing Line......Page 34
2 Social Security from the New Deal to the Great Society: Expanding the Public Domain......Page 66
3 Education Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Three Rs—Race, Religion, and Reds......Page 99
Part II: The Great Society to 1980......Page 130
4 Environmental Policy from the Great Society to 1980: A Coalition Comes Unglued......Page 132
5 Social Security from the Great Society to 1980: Further Expansion and Rekindled Controversy......Page 167
6 Education Policy from the Great Society to 1980: The Expansion and Institutionalization of the Federal Role in Schools......Page 201
Part III: 1980 to 2008......Page 234
7 Environmental Policy from 1980 to 2008: The Politics of Prevention......Page 236
8 Social Security from 1980 to the Present: From Third Rail to Presidential Commitment—and Back?......Page 274
9 Education Policy from 1980 to the Present: The Politics of Privatization......Page 304
Conclusion: Conservatism and American Political Development......Page 337
Afterword: An Attenuated Reconstruction: The Conservative Turn in American Political Development......Page 361
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I......Page 385
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Z......Page 392