Matthew Gritter

Republican Presidents and the Safety Net (eBook, ePUB)

From Moderation to Backlash

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Republican presidents have navigated between popular programs and conservative supporters since the Eisenhower administration, and since the New Deal, Republican presidents have looked for ways to accommodate rather than abolish the federal social safety net. Yet moderation often led to a backlash from their conservative supporters, leading Republican presidents to move from accommodation to opposition. Richard Nixon went from proposing innovative policies to vetoing comprehensive child care legislation. George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism was jettisoned for an attempt at Social Security reform. In From Moderation to Backlash, each Republican president since the New Deal is explored with a particular focus on the third rail of American politics: Social Security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498583572
• Artikelnr.: 56800768

Autorenporträt

Matthew Gritter is associate professor of political science at Angelo State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Eisenhower, Modern Republicanism and the Struggle to Hold the
Center Chapter 2 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and the Puzzles of the Safety
Net Chapter 3 Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush: Social Security, Truly Needy
and a Kinder and Gentler Nation Chapter 4 Compassionate Conservatism:
George W. Bush and the Conservative Welfare State Chapter 5 Trumpism?:
Making the Safety Net Great Again