Confronting the new conservatism : the rise of the right in America / edited by Michael J. Thompson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction : confronting the new conservatism / Michael J. Thompson -- pt. 1. What is the new conservatism? America's conservative landscape: the new conservatism and the reorientation of American democracy / Michael J. Thompson -- 2. Cultural rage and the right-wing intellectuals / Philip Green -- 3. Considerations on the origins of neoconservatism : looking backward / Stanley Aronowitz -- 4. The new political right in the United States : reaction, rollback, and resentment / Chip Berlet -- pt. 2. The new conservatism at home -- 5. From neoconservative to new right : American conservatives and the welfare state / Charles Noble -- 6. Tearing down the wall : conservative use and abuse of religion in politics / Diana M. Judd -- 7. Paradox or contradiction: the marriage mythos in neoconservative ideology / R. Claire Snyder -- 8. The neoconservative assault on the courts : how worried should we be? / Thomas M. Keck -- pt. 3. The global reach of the new neoconservative ideology -- 9. The imperial presidency : the legacy of Reagan's Central America policy / Greg Grandin -- 10. The neocon con game : nihilism revisited / Nicholas Xenos -- 11. One-dimensional men : neoconservatives, their allies and models / Lawrence Davidson -- 12. Resisting the right : challenging the neoconservative agenda / Stephen Eric Bronner -- Contributors -- Index.