
Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same
Robert C. Smith(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 9. September 2010
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Paperback/Softback
285 pages
978-1-4384-3232-8 (ISBN)
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Systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism.
In this provocative, wide-ranging study, Robert C. Smith contends that ideological conservatism and racism are and always have been equivalent in the United States. In this carefully constructed and thoroughly documented philosophical, historical, and empirical inquiry, Smith analyzes conservative ideas from John Locke to William F. Buckley, Jr., as well as the parallels between the rise and decline of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1970s and the ascendancy of the conservative movement to national power in 1980. Using archival material from the Reagan library, the book includes detailed analysis of the Reagan presidency and race, focusing on affirmative action, the Voting Rights act, the Grove City case, welfare reform, South Africa policy, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They are the Same goes beyond a focus on the right wing, concluding with an analysis of the enduring impact of the conservative movement and the Reagan presidency on liberalism, race, and the Democratic Party.
In this provocative, wide-ranging study, Robert C. Smith contends that ideological conservatism and racism are and always have been equivalent in the United States. In this carefully constructed and thoroughly documented philosophical, historical, and empirical inquiry, Smith analyzes conservative ideas from John Locke to William F. Buckley, Jr., as well as the parallels between the rise and decline of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1970s and the ascendancy of the conservative movement to national power in 1980. Using archival material from the Reagan library, the book includes detailed analysis of the Reagan presidency and race, focusing on affirmative action, the Voting Rights act, the Grove City case, welfare reform, South Africa policy, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They are the Same goes beyond a focus on the right wing, concluding with an analysis of the enduring impact of the conservative movement and the Reagan presidency on liberalism, race, and the Democratic Party.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Adult education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-3232-8 (9781438432328)
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Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including African American Leadership; We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post-Civil Rights Era; and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Defi ning the Terms of Discourse
2. Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America
3. Th e Special Place of the South in American Conservatism
4. Th e Rise of the Liberal Remnant
5. African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant
6. Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945-1970
7. Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968-1980
8. Th e Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race
9. The Reagan Presidency and Race
10. Conclusion
Notes
About the Author
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Defi ning the Terms of Discourse
2. Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America
3. Th e Special Place of the South in American Conservatism
4. Th e Rise of the Liberal Remnant
5. African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant
6. Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945-1970
7. Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968-1980
8. Th e Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race
9. The Reagan Presidency and Race
10. Conclusion
Notes
About the Author
Index