The Illusion of a Conservative Reagan Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Larry M. Schwab Klappentext This book presents a provocative perspective on the impact of the Reagan administration. Many political commentators, both liberal and conservative, argue that the 1980s was a period of fundamental conservative change. Some of them believe the changes have been so important that the 1980s should be seen as a watershed period in American political history as significant as the 1930s. Schwab denies this thesis and points out that politics and policy did not fundamentally change in a conservative direction. Instead, he demonstrates how policy developments and the political system actually moved in the opposite direction.In the realm of public opinion, Schwab points out that sentiment tends to shift toward the left rather than the right. Support for social and environmental programs remained high and even increased during the Reagan era, whereas support for Defense programs dropped to a near-record low. Instead of a New Right conservative shift in public opinion on social issues, Americans became more liberal on women's rights, minority rights, and sexual behaviour issues.Schwab's critique extends as well to Reagan's political success and popularity. Rather than being one of the most successful presidents in leading Congress, he was one of the least successful. His conservative ideology lessened support for him among many voters and congressional liberals gained more voter support during the 1980s' elections than conservatives. Zusammenfassung This book presents a provocative perspective on the impact of the Reagan administration Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Paperback Edition 1 Introduction 2 No Conservative Shift in Public Opinion 3 The Illusion of President Reagan's High Popularity 4 No Conservative Shift in the 1980s' Elections 5 No Party Realignment 6 No Fundamental Conservative Change in Public Policies 7 The Illusion of President Reagan's Great Legislative Success 8 No Fundamental Change in the Governmental System 9 Conclusion Index ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Larry M./ Schwab Schwab
• Collaboration: Larry M Schwab (Editeur), Larry M. Schwab (Editeur), Schwab Larry M. (Editeur)
• Edition: Transaction Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781412863070
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-6307-0
• Pages: 244
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political structure & processes, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political structure and processes, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements