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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"Conservatives"”.
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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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'Real Liberals' and Conservatives in the City of London, 1848-1886
This is not an economic history. Neither is it a post-modernist tract. Rather this thesis is a knowledge based history that examines the political and cultural life of the City of London between 1848 and 1886 alongside its financial and commercial institutions. In attempting this task it has not …
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Lincoln's Conservatives: Conservative Unionism and Political Tradition in the Civil War Era
… treating the public careers of self-identified conservatives in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet--Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, Salmon P. Chase, and Gideon Welles--as exemplars of nineteenth-century political thought, this study examines the formation of American conservatism in the Civil War era …
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God's army : religious conservatives at the 1992 Republican National Convention.
Before 1992, religious conservatives had been an important voting bloc for Republican presidential candidates. They provided crucial monetary and organizational support, but they were often dissatisfied with their lack of prominence within the party. The 1992 Republican National Convention marked a …
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Conservatives, National Politics, and the Challenge to Democracy in Britain, 1931-37
… through radio, it was through elite media that Conservatives exchanged political ideas. By exploring this sphere of debate the dissertation increases our knowledge of Conservative attitudes to democracy, the constitution, Labour politics, state intervention, Liberalism, and the party’s own …
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Propagating Redemption: An Analysis of the Propaganda Campaign of South Carolina Conservatives In 1876
… and his fusionist coalition with moderate conservatives. However, it was not just violence that altered the state's political fortunes. The well-organized and disciplined propaganda campaign designed by Edgefield Democrat Martin Gary took full advantage of violence for conservatives' …
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Communists vs. Conservatives and the Struggle for the Hungarian Soul in Canada, 1940-1989
… communities between communists and nationalist conservatives. Both sides in this conflict struggled for ownership of Hungarian national symbols and the right to be seen as the “true” guardians of Hungarian identity in Canada. While religious differences between Roman Catholic and Calvinist …
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AVERSIVE RACISM AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS
This study examined perceptions among non-racists, aversive racists, and blatant racists of differentially-performing African-American employees and the effects of the evaluation manipulation on future hiring decisions of an African-American applicant. Using a procedure for categorizing …
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Say No to the Liberal Media: Conservatives and Criticism of the News Media in the 1970s
"Say No to the Liberal Media: Conservatives and Criticism of the News Media in the 1970s" examines the significance of news media criticism among conservative opponents of liberalism in the 1970s. Critiques of the mainstream news media were levied by a wide array of conservatives of the 1970s, …
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Transnational Party Alliances : Analysing the Hard-Won Alliance Between Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the European Parliament
… analysis of the hard-won alliance between Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the European Parliament (EP), entered into by the British and Danish Conservatives in May 1992 and renewed after the 1994 European elections. What factors promote, respectively impede, the formation and …
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Young Conservatives, Young Socialists and the great youth abstention : youth participation and non-participation in political parties
This thesis is an investigation into participation and non-participation by young people in British political parties. Falling turnout in British elections has lead to concern about the level of popular participation in the political system, especially amongst the young. Those between 18 and 25 are …
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The Silent Majority: Conservative Perception, Mobilization, and Rhetoric at the Utah State International Women's Year Conference
… plan the conference to include both liberals and conservatives; however, they found themselves overwhelmed by the audience. The participants rejected all nationally formulated resolutions, voted against or reworded workshop sponsored resolutions, and elected to the National IWY Conference an …
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Ideological differences in the use of social class categories to organize and understand society
Why do liberals and conservatives often fail to see eye-to-eye on social policies that seek to reduce economic inequality in the United States? I integrate a historical/cultural perspective with contemporary research on liberals’ and conservatives’ motivations to show that social policy …
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Framing Islam as a Threat: The Use of Islam by Some U.S. Conservatives as a Platform for Cultural Politics in the Decade after 9/11
Why, in the aftermath of 9/11, did a segment of U.S. security experts, political elite, media and other institutions classify not just al-Qaeda but the entire religion of Islam as a security threat, thereby countering the prevailing professional consensus and White House policy that maintained a …
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Devolution and party change in the Scottish and Welsh Conservative Parties, 1997-2011
… position outside England. Whilst the Scottish Conservatives concentrated on being a competent opposition party in a multi-party parliament, the Welsh Conservatives changed much more substantially in order to pursue the goal of being in office in Wales. Fundamentally, the Scottish Conservatives …
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Broadcast news and abortion : the effects of conservative narratives on the reproductive health debate
… health. I argue that, beginning in 1996, conservatives used the venue provided by broadcast media to seize on changes to the political climate and frame debate to their advantage. Continually, conservatives forced liberals into reactionary positions through discussion of "partial-birth …
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British Conservatism, 1945-1951: adapting to the age of collectivism.
… This has led some historians and some Conservatives themselves variously to celebrate the advent of ‘new Conservatism’, lament Conservatism’s descent into watered-down socialism, or conclude there was not really much change at all, with some further claiming that the 1950s was …
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