Conservative Parties and Right-Wing Politics in North America: Reaping the Benefits of an Ideological Victory?

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Mission Accomplished? A Comparative Exploration of Conservatism in the United States and Canada....Pages 11-30
The Changing Ideological Landscape in North America: Evidence from the World Values Surveys (1981–2000)....Pages 31-52
Political Ideology in the United States: Conservatism and Liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s....Pages 53-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
The Canadian Citizenship Regime in a Conservative Era....Pages 81-100
Looking Back: The Emergence of Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Canadian West and their Performance in Government....Pages 101-126
Populism, Conservatism and the New Right in English Canada: Blending Appeals, Constructing Constituencies and Reformulating Democracy....Pages 127-149
Conservatism and Religion in the United States....Pages 151-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Finding the “There” There: Membership and Organization of the Republican Party in the United States....Pages 163-189
Party Membership on the Canadian Political Right: The Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Parties....Pages 191-205
Women and Conservative Parties in Canada and the United States....Pages 207-227
Conservative Think Tanks in the United States and Canada....Pages 229-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
The Economic Dimension: Fiscal Conservatism, Deficit Reduction, and Welfare Retrenchment in the United States....Pages 255-278
The Promises Kept by Our Rivals — New Budgetary Strategies of the Conservatives in Canada....Pages 279-295
Back Matter....Pages 297-298