Conservatism and American Political Development

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-537393-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

American political development (APD) is core subfield in American political science, and it focuses on political and policy history. For a variety of reasons, most of the focus in twentieth century APD has been on liberal policymaking. Yet since the 1970s, conservatives have gradually assumed control over numerous federal policymaking institutions. This edited book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the impact of conservatism on twentieth century American political development, locating its origins in the New Deal and then focusing on how conservatives acted within government once they began to achieve power in the late 1960s. The book is divided into three eras, and in each it focuses on three core issues: social security, the environment, and education. Throughout they emphasize the ironic role of conservatism in the expansion of the American state. Scholars of the state have long focused on liberalism because liberals were the architects of state expansion. However, as conservatives increased their presence in the federal apparatus, they were frequently co-opted into maintaining or even expanding public fiscal and regulatory power. At times, conservatives also came to accept the existence of the liberal state, but attempted to use it to achieve conservative policy ends. Despite conservatives' power in U.S. politics and governance, the American state remains gargantuan. As Conservatism and American Political Development shows, the new right has not only helped shape the state, but has been shaped by it as well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glenn, Brian J

Teles, Steven M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Editors' Preface

- Introduction: Studying the role of conservatives in American Political Development

- Part One

- 1: Marc Allen Eisner: Environmental Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Lagged Emergence of an Ideological Dividing Line

- 2: Edward Berkowitz and Larry DeWitt: Social Security from the New Deal to the Great Society: Expanding the Public Domain

- 3: Gareth Davies: Education Policy from the New Deal to the Great Society: The Three R's, Race, Reds and Religion

- Part Two

- 4: Richard Harris: Environmental Policy from the Great Society to 1980: A Coalition Comes Unglued

- 5: Nancy Altman and Ted Marmor: Social Security from the Great Society to 1980: Further Expansion and Rekindled Controversy

- 6: Patrik McGuinn: Education Policy from the Great Society to 1980: The Expansion and Institutionalization of the Federal Role in Schools

- Part Three

- 7: Judith Layzer: Environmental Policy from 1980 to the Present: The Politics of Prevention

- 8: Steven M. Teles and Martha Derthick: Social Security from 1980 to Present: From Third Rail to Presidential Commitment--and Back?

- 9: Jeffrey Henig: Education Policy from 1980 to Present: The Politics of Privatization

- Conclusion: Conservatism and American Political Development

- Afterword: An Attenuated Reconstruction: The Conservative Turn in American Political Development

Über Autor(innen)

Brian J. Glenn is an American Political Development scholar who currently teaches at Emerson College. He previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Hamilton College, and has received awards from the New England Political Science Association, the Law & Society Association, and the American Risk and Insurance Association.

Steven Teles is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law, and Whose Welfare?: AFDC and Elite Politics. He is currently writing a book on the role of political and historical factors in public policy analysis. He has also written articles and book chapters on Michael Oakeshott, Social Security, the international diffusion of libertarianism, federalism, and US-China policy.