Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Right TalkCondition: NewSubtitle: How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society into the Economic SocietyISBN-10: 0691141002EAN: 9780691141008ISBN: 9780691141008Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/12/2009Description: Political analyst Mark Smith offers the most original and compelling explanation yet of why America has swung to the right in recent decades. How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into one that defines the nation's most important policy choices? Conventional wisdom attributes the Republican resurgence to a political bait and switch--the notion that conservatives win elections on social issues like abortion and religious expression, but once in office implement far-reaching policies on the economic issues downplayed during campaigns. Smith illuminates instead the eye-opening reality that economic matters have become more central, not less, to campaigns and the public agenda. He analyzes a half century of speeches, campaign advertisements, party platforms, and intellectual writings, systematically showing how Republican politicians and conservative intellectuals increasingly gave economic justifications for policies they once defended through appeals to freedom.He explains how Democrats similarly conceived economic justifications for their own policies, but unlike Republicans they changed positions on issues rather than simply offering new arguments and thus helped push the national discourse inexorably to the right. The Right Talk brings clarity, reason, and hard-nosed evidence to a contentious subject. Certain to enrich the debate about the conservative ascendancy in America, this book will provoke discussions and reactions for years to come.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 397gAuthor: Mark A. SmithGenre: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Right Talk
Title: The Right Talk
Subtitle: How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society into the Economic
ISBN-10: 0691141002
EAN: 9780691141008
ISBN: 9780691141008
Release Date: 04/12/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Publication Name: Right Talk : How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society Into the Economic Society
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Economic Conditions, Rhetoric, American Government / General, Political Process / Political Parties, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics
Author: Mark A. Smith
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback