The Rise of the Counter Establishment: From Conservative Ideology to Political Power - Softcover

Blumenthal, Sidney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060971401 ISBN 13: 9780060971403

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1988

Synopsis

Explains how the Counter-Establishment, a network of influential conservatives, gained policy-making power and how they are using that power to realize their view of America's future

About this title

From Library Journal:

In his influential earlier book, The Permanent Campaign , Blumenthal argued that, as a result of the decline of political parties, governance and campaigning were no longer distinguishable aspects of political life. Here he examines the consequences of this phenomenon, describing how various groups of conservative ideologues have assumed power under the Reagan Administration and established "a particular mode of ideological politics" as the salient feature of contemporary politics. Others have advanced similar arguments, and the question is whether this change is temporary (Richard Reeves, The Reagan Detour, LJ 10/15/85) or permanent (Thomas Fergusen and Joel Rogers, Right Turn , Hill & Wang, 1986). Whatever the answer, Blumenthal brings new insight to a fundamental transformation of American politics. Edward C. Dreyer, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Tulsa, Okla.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"'Skillful, extensively researched and unfailingly interesting' Boston Sunday Globe"

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0060971401
• ISBN 13: 9780060971403
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 369