Moral Victories in the Battle for Congress - Cultural Conservatism and the House Gop

Informationen zum Autor Marty Cohen Klappentext Cohen tells the story of the growing importance of moral issues in U.S. Houseelections. Moral Victories tells the story of the growing importance of moral issues in U.S. House elections. Christian conservative activists worked to nominate friendly candidates and get them elected. The result was a Republican House delegation that cared as much about abortion and gay rights as it did smaller government and lower taxes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. The Lay of the Land Chapter 2. A Voter's Right to Choose Chapter 3. Party Coalition Change and U.S. House Elections Chapter 4. From the Protests to the Precincts Chapter 5. Religion and Republicanism Chapter 6. Overcoming the Past Chapter 7. Issue Polarization and Voting Behavior in U.S. House Elections Chapter 8. The Importance of Being Moral Chapter 9. Moral Victories and a New GOP Majority Notes List of Interviews Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Marty Cohen
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780812251234
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5123-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: American Governance: Politics,; American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law; American Governance: Politics,
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education