The Paradox at the Heart of American Conservatism |
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| Authors: | Brad Lowell Stone |
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| Affiliation: | Oglethorpe University , Atlanta , Georgia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This essay considers the state of American conservatism focusing initially on social and political institutions and concluding with a few comments on conservatism as an intellectual movement. A paradox is described as lying at the heart of American conservatism: the economic policies supported by conservatives promote economic conditions that are the main causes of the social problems conservatives lament most loudly. |
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| Keywords: | American conservatism social and political institutions intellectual movement economic policies |
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