How the left and right think : the roots of division in American politics / Bill Meulemans.
Emerson said of the left and right, "Each is a good half, but an impossible whole." In public affairs, the left traditionally pushes for political, economic and social progress, while the right steers towards individual opportunity, stability, tradition and the maintenance of gains already made. Their disagreement is the basis of most of our political discourse. Drawing on four decades of field research on partisan conflicts in the U.S., Northern Ireland and Israel, the author provides a clear, concise explanation of how the left and right think and why their respective philosophies reflect competing views of human nature. -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781476678788
- ISBN: 1476678782
- Physical Description: ix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company,Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- What's Happening to Us? : Secret Money -- Undermining the Electorate -- Why It Happened -- Reformers of the Left and Right -- Nowhere Else to Go -- White Supremacists -- Necessary Reforms -- Questions for You -- Left and Right: Fixing Society -- Criticisms of the Left -- Criticisms of the Right -- Charges and Counter Charges -- Blind Spots -- Illegal Politics -- Questions for You -- Foundations of Politics: New Words for Old Ideas -- Eternal Questions -- Outside Threats -- A Poor People's Conference -- Questions for You -- Personal Experiences: The Function of Ideologies -- Learning Political Values -- An Autobiography of a Liberal -- An Autobiography of a Conservative -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Morality -- Questions for You -- Expectations and Deprivations: Role of the Central Government -- Constitutionalism -- Setting the Scenario -- Consequences -- Post-World War II (1945 to the Present) -- Unfinished Business -- Attacking the System -- Success and Anger -- Questions for You -- Left-Wing Values: What They Believe -- In Their Own Words -- Basic Problems for the Left -- Saul Alinsky -- Revolutionaries on the Left -- Problems for Revolutionary Radicals -- The Communist Party -- Questions for You -- Right-Wing Values: What They Believe -- In Their Own Words -- Basic Problems for the Right -- Mitt Romney -- Revolutionaries on the Right -- Problems for Revolutionary Reactionaries -- The Ku Klux Klan -- Questions for You -- Ideas and People Move to the Right: Public Reactions -- Self-Interest -- Betrayal of Principles -- Revolution of the Right or Left? -- The Flip-Flop -- More or Less Freedom? -- Negative and Positive Freedom -- The New Reactionaries -- The New Radicals -- Questions for You -- Moderates, Activists, and Extremists: Moderates: Liberals and Conservatives -- Moderates: Characteristics in Common -- Activists: Radicals and Reactionaries -- Activists: Characteristics in Common -- Extremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary Reactionaries -- Extremists: Characteristics in Common -- Questions for You -- Beyond Ideology: Left and Right -- Predictability -- Political Manners -- Trump versus Anti-Trump -- A Recipe for Disaster -- The Dark Corners of America -- Questions for You |
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Subject: | Right and left (Political science) Political parties > United States. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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RACC | New - JK2265 .M48 2019 (Text) | 33624024980748 | New | Checked Out | 11/19/2024 |