The Conservative Political Tradition in Britain and the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0838635008
- ISBN-13
- 9780838635001
- Category
- Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
- Authors
- Arthur Aughey, Greta Jones, William Terence Martin Riches
Description
This book seeks to break new ground by providing an original framework within which to understand conservative politics and to compare what has always been thought to be opposite ideal types -- a British conservatism characterized by traditionalism and an American conservatism defined by its optimistic individualism.
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