Standing Athwart History, Yelling Stop: The Emergence of American Movement Conservatism, 1945-1965

The article analyzes the emergence of the American conservative movement as a postwar reaction to the New Deal order and the new role of the federal government. It discusses the different concepts, and the sometimes conflicting aims of the various strains of the conservative movement, as well as the...

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Main Author: Niels Bjerre-Poulsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2013-11-01
Series:American Studies in Scandinavia
Online Access:https://192.168.7.25:443/index.php/assc/article/view/4900
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Summary:The article analyzes the emergence of the American conservative movement as a postwar reaction to the New Deal order and the new role of the federal government. It discusses the different concepts, and the sometimes conflicting aims of the various strains of the conservative movement, as well as the inherent tension between political populism and the quest for intellectual respectability. It also takes a comparative view of the “Radical Right” of the 1960s and the current “Tea Party movement,” and discusses how the conditions for “ideological gatekeeping” have changed.
ISSN:0044-8060