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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Conservative ideology"”.
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Rhetorical Constitution of Public Character and Conservative Ideology in the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary Campaign
… in order to identify traditions of conservative ideological language which influence the formation of public character and traditions of political style which give voice to a complex set of ideals for political agency. I also ethically evaluate the performances by considering the …
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Effects of black racialization of public opinion on support for government financed health care
… of public opinion. The trend toward conservative ideology is often exacerbated black racialization. Results of this thesis support the hypotheses and are consistent with previous reports that public opinion is affected by use of racial cuing. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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An Assessment of Federal Welfare Reform Policy in Texas
… a variety of social disorders, a strong national conservative trend, and political considerations. In Texas, where the reliance of the federal government on states rights and freedom give the states greater flexibility to meet particular needs, welfare reform has been fashioned by the political …
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The art of rank: a revaluation of John Dryden's satires
… by this burlesque and ambiguity, and thus, the conservative appearance of "Absalom and Achitophel" is shown as hiding its true kinship with the vulgar comedy of "Mac Flecknoe" and the savage satire of "The Medall." Dryden's covert analogy in "Absalom and Achitophel" is revealed as equating King …
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EGGS UNDER THE RED FLAG AND BEYOND: THE CINEMA OF THE FIFTH GENERATION AND ITS REPRESENTATION OF CHILDHOOD
… narration, sentimental style, and generally conservative ideology, signals and constitutes their transition into the paradoxes of “market-socialism;” on the other hand, it maps out the fluctuation and signification of three discourses of capitalism, socialism and Confucianism through evolving …
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The American college and its architecture : an institutional imperative
… in improving society along a "progressive" but conservative ideology. Their tools of reform were the Fine Arts and a system of higher education. They based this education on both a utilitarian pragmatism and a hegemony of cultural ideals. As they affect the campus form I will investigate the …
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For My Oklahomies: Educators’ Perspectives on Policy, Public Discourse, and Professional Wellbeing
… study examines how ideologies rooted in ultra-conservative movements shape the professional lives of Oklahoma K–12 educators, and how they maneuver, resist, or accommodate ideological forces within a climate of surveillance and professional delegitimization. Grounded in critical social theory …
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The Paranoid Style of Tea Party Politics
… resulting in the continued rise of far right conservative ideology within the Tea Party.
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Agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire 1900-1930
… agrarian economy and the domination of a conservative cultural ideology. It is found that leaderships were moderately important. It is shown that the relative strength of the NUAW village activists accounts for the longevity of that union compared to the rival WU, and that while the …
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"Getting right with Reagan: conservatives and the fortieth president, 1980-2016"
This project examines the evolution of conservatives’ relationship with President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 2016. The first half demonstrates that conservatives were often displeased with the Reagan administration’s fiscal, social, and foreign policy. I emphasize conservatives’ frustration with …
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Islam in the English Radical Protestant Imagination, 1660--1830
… to conform to the standards of a developing conservative ideology, to conceal radical ideas as a cautious way of avoiding draconian censorship restrictions in a reactionary era, to resist any identification between radical politics and the setbacks of the French Revolution, or to search for …
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Gender and Creativity: Female Artist Subplots From Hawthorne to Fowles
… has been read as a text which challenges the conservative ideology of the marriage plot, a critique from the point of view of the artist subplot illuminates the opposite perspective. Though the authors early on challenge, they ultimately reject bohemian life and affirm social values and …
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An elite’s response to democracy: how the Conservative Party adapted to extensions of the franchise; and coped with ensuing political repercussions 1867-1914.
This thesis investigates how the Conservative party coped with the far-reaching effects of democratic reform between 1867 and 1914. It analyses the performance of successive party leaders through their exploitation of high politics; and how ideology influenced their policy, and decision making. It …
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Landowner Response to a Rural Appalachian Natural Gas Pipeline Project
… their support. The second factor, political ideology, was important in other studies, because conservative ideology is associated with pro-business attitudes. In contrast, even though 60% of the landowners in this study identified themselves as conservative, there was only a weak association …
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Mapping Contemporary Canadian English-Speaking Conservatism: An Examination of Axioms, Core Policies, Ideological Opponents and Intellectual/Emotional Appeals
… Canadian conservatism. Through an examination of conservative scholars, pundits and political actors, four distinct strains of conservatism are identified and examined for axioms, core policy recommendations and affective appeals employed. Conservatism is demonstrated to be a multilayered and …
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Failure to deliver: transitional masculinities in late and post Francoist films (1963-1984)
… and his regime's tight control of culture and ideology to the opening to new ideas that were already circulating in the rest of Western Europe. The transformation was not only a political affair, but a revolution that, socially speaking, would not leave a stone unturned. Among the many social …