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How the left and right think : the roots of division in American politics / Bill Meulemans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meulemans, Bill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Right and left (Political science).
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company,Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Contents:
- 1 What's Happening to Us? p. 7
- Secret Money p. 11
- Undermining the Electorate p. 15
- Why It Happened p. 17
- Reformers of the Left and Right p. 18
- Nowhere Else to Go p. 19
- White Supremacists p. 24
- Necessary Reforms p. 27
- Questions for You p. 33
- 2 Left and Right p. 35
- Fixing Society p. 38
- Criticisms of the Left p. 41
- Criticisms of the Right p. 45
- Charges and Counter Charges p. 47
- Blind Spots p. 51
- Illegal Politics p. 56
- Questions for You p. 61
- 3 Foundations of Politics p. 63
- New Words for Old Ideas p. 68
- Eternal Questions p. 69
- Outside Threats p. 76
- A Poor People's Conference p. 81
- Questions for You p. 86
- 4 Personal Experiences p. 89
- The Function of Ideologies p. 90
- Learning Political Values p. 93
- An Autobiography of a Liberal p. 98
- An Autobiography of a Conservative p. 104
- Advantages and Disadvantages p. 110
- Morality p. 120
- Questions for You p. 125
- 5 Expectations and Deprivations p. 127
- Role of the Central Government p. 128
- Constitutionalism p. 129
- Setting the Scenario p. 130
- Post-World War II (1945 to the Present) p. 136
- Unfinished Business p. 142
- Attacking the System p. 143
- Success and Anger p. 145
- Questions for You p. 148
- 6 Left-Wing Values p. 150
- What They Believe p. 151
- In Their Own Words p. 153
- Basic Problems for the Left p. 160
- Saul Alinsky p. 164
- Revolutionaries on the Left p. 166
- Problems for Revolutionary Radicals p. 167
- The Communist Party p. 169
- Questions for You p. 171
- 7 Right-Wing Values p. 173
- What They Believe p. 173
- In Their Own Words p. 176
- Basic Problems for the Right p. 183
- Mitt Romney p. 186
- Revolutionaries on the Right p. 188
- Problems for Revolutionary Reactionaries p. 190
- The Ku Klux Klan p. 192
- Questions for You p. 197
- 8 Ideas and People Move to the Right p. 199
- Public Reactions p. 201
- Self-interest p. 202
- Betrayal of Principles p. 203
- Revolution of the Right or Left? p. 205
- The Flip-Flop p. 207
- More or Less Freedom? p. 212
- Negative and Positive Freedom p. 215
- The New Reactionaries p. 219
- The New Radicals p. 226
- Questions for You p. 231
- 9 Moderates, Activists, and Extremists p. 233
- Moderates: Liberals and Conservatives p. 236
- Moderates: Characteristics in Common p. 240
- Activists: Radicals and Reactionaries p. 241
- Activists: Characteristics in Common p. 246
- Extremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary Reactionaries p. 247
- Extremists: Characteristics in Common p. 252
- Questions for You p. 255
- 10 Beyond Ideology p. 257
- Left and Right p. 258
- Predictability p. 259
- Political Manners p. 262
- Trump versus Anti-Trump p. 263
- A Recipe for Disaster p. 265
- The Dark Corners of America p. 267
- Questions for You p. 270.
- ISBN:
- 9781476678788
- 1476678782
- OCLC:
- 1089011057
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