Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same - Couverture souple

Smith, Robert C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1438432321 ISBN 13 : 9781438432328

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2010

Synopsis

Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same Argues that conservatism has been hostile towards the aspirations of African Americans, tracing the roots of the ideology, the role of black conservatives, and the development of conservatism from the 1950s until the present day. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1438432321
• ISBN 13: 9781438432328
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286