Crisis of conservatism? : the Republican Party, the conservative movement and American politics after Bush / edited by Joel D. Aberbach and Gillian Peele. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The ending of the conservative era? / Gillian Peele and Joel D. Aberbach -- American conservatism in historical perspective / Gillian Peele -- The future of the American right: evidence and questions from the Bush years / Joel D. Aberbach -- The future of the Republican Party / A. James Reichley -- Stresses and strains: "Plus ça change" in the parties and voting / John R. Petrocik -- The Christian right and contemporary politics: a movement at the crossroads / Mark J. Rozell -- Pro-women, pro-Palin, antifeminist: conservative women and conservative movement politics / Ronnee Schreiber -- The struggles of an "orthodox innovator": George W. Bush, the conservative movement, and domestic policy / Jon Herbert -- Compassionate conservatism, domestic policy, and the politics of ideational change / Steven Teles -- Thoughts that count? The GOP's woes and the work of the conservative think tanks / Pietro S. Nivola -- Conservatives and the courts / Michael Greve -- Shaping a new conservative agenda / Michael Tanner -- Conservatives and the American economy / George A. (Sandy) Mackenzie -- Contemporary conservatism and government regulation / Christopher Demuth -- The McBama national security consensus and Republican foreign policy after the 2008 election / Timothy J. Lynch -- Past is present: Bush and the future of Republican Party foreign policy / Trevor B. McCrisken -- Conservative tensions and the Republican future / Joel D. Aberbach and Gillian Peele.