Leviathan on the Right : how big-government conservatism brought down the Republican revolution / Michael D. Tanner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanner, Michael, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For conservatives generally and the Republican Party in particular, now is a time of intense soul-searching. For the first time in a dozen years, Republicans have lost control of Congress. As a result, they are being forced to reexamine who they are and what they stand for. It's about time. After all, more than a decade has passed since President Bill Clinton announced in his State of the Union address that "the era of big gov-ernment is over." Yet, since then, government has grown far bigger and far more intrusive. It spends more, regulates us more, and reaches far more into our daily lives t

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; PART I: FROM OXYMORON TO GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY; 1. Big Government: It Isn't Just for Liberals Anymore; 2. The Roots of Big-Government Conservatism; 3. Proving Lord Acton Correct; PART II: BIG-GOVERNMENT CONSERVATISM IN ACTION; 4. Learning to Love the Welfare State; 5. National Health Care Lite; 6. Blinking at the Entitlements Crisis; 7. Spending like Drunken Democrats; 8. A National School Board; 9. Power to the President; 10. National Busybodies; PART III: DEFINING THE FUTURE; 11. The Small-Government Alternative; 12. The Coming Debate; Notes; Index

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ISBN:

9786611905446

9781281905444

1281905445

9781933995281

1933995289

9781433701436

143370143X

OCLC:

173520984