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Author:   Bill Meulemans
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781476678788

ISBN 10:   1476678782
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   06 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. What’s Happening to Us? Secret Money Undermining the Electorate Why It Happened Reformers of the Left and Right Nowhere Else to Go White Supremacists Necessary Reforms Questions for You 2. Left and Right Fixing Society Criticisms of the Left Criticisms of the Right Charges and Counter Charges Blind Spots Illegal Politics Questions for You 3. Foundations of Politics New Words for Old Ideas Eternal Questions Outside Threats A Poor People’s Conference Questions for You 4. Personal Experiences The Function of Ideologies Learning Political Values An Autobiography of a Liberal An Autobiography of a Conservative Advantages and Disadvantages Morality Questions for You 5. Expectations and Deprivations Role of the Central Government Constitutionalism Setting the Scenario Consequences Post-World War II (1945 to the Present) Unfinished Business Attacking the System Success and Anger Questions for You 6. ­Left-Wing Values What They Believe In Their Own Words Basic Problems for the Left Saul Alinsky Revolutionaries on the Left Problems for Revolutionary Radicals The Communist Party Questions for You 7. Right-Wing Values What They Believe In Their Own Words Basic Problems for the Right Mitt Romney Revolutionaries on the Right Problems for Revolutionary Reactionaries The Ku Klux Klan Questions for You 8. Ideas and People Move to the Right Public Reactions Self-Interest Betrayal of Principles Revolution of the Right or Left? The ­Flip-Flop More or Less Freedom? Negative and Positive Freedom The New Reactionaries The New Radicals Questions for You 9. Moderates, Activists, and Extremists Moderates: Liberals and Conservatives Moderates: Characteristics in Common Activists: Radicals and Reactionaries Activists: Characteristics in Common Extremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary Reactionaries Extremists: Characteristics in Common Questions for You 10. Beyond Ideology Left and Right Predictability Political Manners Trump versus ­Anti-Trump A Recipe for Disaster The Dark Corners of America Questions for You Bibliography Index

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Bill Meulemans is a professor of political science who specializes in analyzing the political values and behavior of the political left and right. His written work is based on 40 years of field research in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Israel. He lives in Happy Valley, Oregon.

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