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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"The New Right"”.
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Re-reading the new right: risk, media, and rhetoric in Republican environmental policy
The rise of the new right in U.S. Politics from 1994-1996 is examined as a process of asymmetrical communication and informational deployments of signs constructed to appeal to a conservative political subculture. Lash and Urry’s analysis of the economy of signs and space is employed to trace the …
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Dividing the political : a feminist critique of the New Right / by Sandra G. Lilburn.
Errata sheet pasted inside front cover.
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Hostile Takeover: The New Right Insurgent Movement, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican Party, 1977-1984
<p>The debates involved in the post-World War II period concerning the growth of the conservative movement center on factors such as race, a shift in public thinking to the right, a divided Democratic party, demographics, and cultural issues as a way to explain the success of conservatism in the …
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Political Low Roads: The Rhetoric of Twentieth-Century American Demagoguery and the Rise of the New Right
"The dissertation's central thesis is that a major transformation occurred in the course of twentieth-century demagoguery. Molded in the rhetorical tactics of Southern-demagogue Ben Tillman of South Carolina, this peculiar art form of mass politics persisted without regard to region or party, a …
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Health promoting schools – the right way
The aim of this research was to determine how the New Right agenda has impacted on the perceptions about the Health Promoting School (HPS) model and its practice. The case study school – a Catholic secondary school, provided opportunity to reflect upon the daily experience of those in a HPS and how …
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Silent, no more: The 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy and the rise of conservatism in America
Silent, No More explores the 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy, and places it within the context of the rise of conservatism in America. This rise can be seen in the upsurge of grassroots, community activism in the seventies, the White Backlash associated with the campaigns of George …
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Vanguard of the Right: The Department of Education Battle, 1978-1979
<p>Satisfying a campaign pledge to the National Education Association (NEA), President Jimmy Carter pushed for a federal Department of Education in 1978 and 1979. In the ensuing legislative battle, Carter confronted opposition from states’ rights, social, and religious conservatives that were …
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Teen ages: Youth market romance in Hollywood teen films of the 1980s and 1990s
This thesis examines the differences between teen romantic comedy films marketed to Generation X teenagers in the 1980s and Generation Y teenagers in the 1990s, focusing on the presentation of gender roles, consumptive behavior, and family. The 1980s films are discussed within the social context of …
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Legitimate concern: the assault on the concept of rape
<p>In this piece, I will explore the efforts of the Right to delegitimize the legal gains made by women in the fight against rape. I will begin with a brief context of rape law in America, and then explain exactly what precedent the judicial system in Michigan set for a woman’s ability to achieve …
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The new traditionalist movement: a study of church, state, and economy
In the past, emergence of right-wing conservative moral reform movements has resulted in profound changes for our society. Two of the most visible examples would be the 18th amendment establishing the prohibition of alcohol and the movement to destroy communism in America, McCarthyism. since the …
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Deconstructing Michael Jordan: Popular Culture, Politics, and Postmodern America
Michael Jordan is one of the most socially and culturally significant figures within late twentieth century America. Despite his current ubiquity in the diverse networks of the popular media, Jordan has largely been neglected by critical cultural analysts. In redressing what is clearly a serious …
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Paradoxes of the Heart and Mind: Three Case Studies in White Identity, Southern Reality, and the Silenced Memories of Mississippi Confederate Dissent, 1860-1979
<p>This thesis is meant to advance scholars understanding of the processes by which various groups silenced the memory of Civil War white dissent in Mississippi. It analyzes three case studies: F. A. P. Barnard’s 1860 trial for abolitionism, the transformation of community memory which surrounded …
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CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTATION IN A SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
… need to be incorporated into implementation theory to assist in the analysis of the implementation of public policy The "new right" ideology requires that a particular organisational form be adopted by public implementing agencies. This form must reflect the need to introduce competition, the …
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National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse
This study considers the process of constructing a new South African national identity in the political discourse of the 'new' right-wing during the transitional period between 1990 and 1994. It is concerned with how speakers for the "new" Nationalist Party who were implicated in the production of …
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The development of the Monday Club and its contribution to the Conservative Party and the modern British right, 1961 to 1990
The thesis is concerned with the organisational and ideological development of the Monday Club and its contribution to the Conservative Governments, the Conservative Party and the modern British Right, from the Club's inception in 1961 to the fall of Margaret Thatcher in 1990. The significance of …
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Understanding the Zero Tolerance Era School Discipline Net: Net-widening, net-deepening, and the cultural politics of school discipline
… in United States public schools. Guided by the New Right, the school safety problem has been framed as an issue of school crime, violence, and student misbehavior that is best mitigated by zero tolerance policies. This stance has emerged as an agenda that has proven disproportionately …
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Forging a New Democratic Party: The Politics of the Third Way From Clinton to Obama
This dissertation analyzes the evolution of the American Democratic Party’s ideological orientation from 1985 to 2014. The central problem is to develop an understanding of how shifts in political-economic context and factional agency combine to produce alterations in the predominant ideology of a …
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The rise of the Reagan Democrats in Warren, Michigan, 1964-1984
From 1964 to 1984, the Democratic Party lost support in the white working class Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, as formerly loyal Democrats defected to vote for George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. This study examines three controversies that contributed to this "Democratic …
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