American credo : a field guide to the place of ideas in US politics /

American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. The stud...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Foley, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. The study asks how this occurs; how the sources, traditions and usages of core ideas and their derivative compounds animate political discourse and structure the basis of political conflict; andhow it is possible to sustain a high incidence of competitive value-laden argument and principled political confli
Umfang:
1 online resource (491 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-281-15046-0
9786611150464
0-19-152837-4
1-4356-2214-6
Schlagworte:
Political culture > United States.
National characteristics, American.
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