Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A call to arms -- Clearing the decks -- The wonders of "trickle-down economics" -- Cutting "welfare" to help the poor -- Reforming social security -- Bringing health to the health care system -- Immigration control in a land of immigrants -- Is God necessarily conservative? -- The wisdom of the war in Iraq -- Is prosperity safest in Republican hands? -- Steps to a better future.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book brings together in one place the liberal and conservative arguments that face the Republican and Democratic parties in the run-up to the 2008 election. In each chapter, David Coates lays out the popular conservative case and then presents a point-by-point liberal response. Each chapter challenges rightwing ways of framing the issue and pulls discussion back into the civilized center of American politics. The sources and evidence sustaining both conservative and liberal arguments are listed in endnotes and developed more fully on an associated blog site."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conservatism-- United States.
Liberalism-- United States.
Political parties-- United States.
Right and left (Political science)
Conservatism.
Liberalism.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Right and left (Political science)
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.