The Conservatives

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This paper illuminates the consistency of the war on progressive, liberal, and leftist causes and its impact on the application of public administration, including conservatives' dismantling of the politics-administration dichotomy and the progressive ideals of the New Public Administration. It argues that conservatives have won the battle of reality shaping and imposed their ideology as the dominant narrative in America. Counter-narratives face a daunting task in shifting the paradigm. It also discusses how today, the extremes within this movement barely feel the need to operate within the constraints of the Constitution.

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Purpose
No One Left
Understanding the Right
American Right Wing Timeline
The Demonization of Liberalism and the Living Liberals Who Espouse It
The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine
What Is Liberalism?
The Triumphs of Liberalism
Labor Movement
The Red Scare
Conservative Rhetoric and Bad Policies
The Right Race
Affirmative Action and the Conservative Realignment
Public Administration Theory and Practice - The Right Way
Final Thoughts

From the Paper:

"The conservative ideological victory is nearly complete. After one hundred and fifty years of aggression toward liberal and progressive American causes, the conservative elites can almost claim victory, having thwarted efforts to establish an honest dialectic on wealth, class-based opportunity, and the confounding questions surrounding race. Today, the conservatives of America can launch illegal wars, record unprecedented deficits, restructure the tax code to favor the wealthiest Americans, and subvert even our most basic civil rights and liberties."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bartlett, B. (2003, April). The Rise of Neoconservatism. National Center for Policy Analysis.
• Biasco, S. (2003, May 8). Left Out By Right Rhetoric. Www.tompaine.com. Retrieved February, 2004, from http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/7747
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• Buncombe, A. (2003, December 12). The Sweet Sound of Propaganda. The Independent (London).
• Campbell, W. J. (2003, March 20). Debunking Yellow Journalism. Message posted to www.soc.american.edu

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