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How the left and right think : the roots of division in American politics / Bill Meulemans.

Van Pelt Library JK2265 .M48 2019
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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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