The conservative ascendancy : how the GOP right made political history | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:"In this history of the Right in modern America, Donald Critchlow finds a deep dilemma inherent in how conservative Republicans expressed their anti-statist ideology in an age of mass democracy and Cold War hostilities. As the Right moved forward with its political program, partisanship intensified and ideological division widened - both between the parties and across the electorate. This intensified partisanship reflects the vibrancy of a mature democracy, Critchlow argues, and a new level of political engagement despite its disquieting effect on American political debate."--BOOK JACKET

Print Book, English, 2007

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2007