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Never Trump

The Revolt of the Conservative Elites

By: Robert P. Saldin,Steven Michael Teles

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Never Trump

The Revolt of the Conservative Elites

By: Robert P. Saldin,Steven Michael Teles

In early 2016, as it became increasingly apparent that Donald Trump might actually become the Republican nominee, a movement within conservatism formed to stop him: Never Trump. Comprised primarily of Republican policy elites and conservative intellectuals, the Never Trumpers saw Trump's stated views as a repudiation of longstanding Republican foreign and domestic policy goals. Just as importantly, they saw him as erratic, mendacious, and unfit--the sort of person the founders warned about and someone who would bring everlasting shame to the Republican Party. Over the coming months, many well-known and previously influential figures signed on to the Never Trump movement. Of course, their efforts failed, and Trump now dominates the Republican Party like a warlord. As Robert P. Saldin and Steven M. Teles argue in Never Trump, however, the influence of the movement turned out to be much larger than its disappointing impact on the election. For one, it has had an enormous impact on the actual composition of the Trump administration. There has never been a party in the Western World that was elected and sought to govern with such a wide range of intra-party opposition. As Trump supporter Pat Buchanan observed after the election, the Never Trumpers essentially gifted Trump with a readymade enemies list-a list that those in charge of appointments paid close attention to. Trump's picks for a wide range of positions, especially in the area of foreign policy, look vastly different than they would have in any other Republican administration, in large part because so many potential office-holders had declared themselves implacably opposed to Trump. Even more profoundly, the administration found it very difficult--and in many cases impossible--to fill a wide range of positions because all of the plausible candidates for jobs that required technocratic as well as ideological credentials had signed on to Never Trump. Never Trump examines the reasons for this widespread and unprecedented intra-party opposition to Trump, why it took the form it did, and its longer-term consequences.

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0190880449

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Prison Break

Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

By: David Dagan,Steven Michael Teles

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Prison Break

Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

By: David Dagan,Steven Michael Teles

Over the last few years, conservatives in Washington, D.C. and in bright-red states like Georgia and Texas, have abandoned their tough-on-crime rhetoric, and are now leading the charge to curb prison growth. In Prison Break, Steven Teles and David Dagan will explain how this striking turn of events occurred, how it will affect mass incarceration, and what it teaches us about achieving policy breakthroughs in our polarized age. Combining insights from law, sociology, and political science, Teles and Dagan will offer the first comprehensive account of this major political shift.

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Oxford University Press

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0190246448

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9780190246440

The Captured Economy

How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

By: Brink Lindsey,Steven Michael Teles

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The Captured Economy

How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

By: Brink Lindsey,Steven Michael Teles

In The Captured Economy, Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles identify a new culprit for increasing inequality: the government-corporate sector nexus. They explain how wealthy special interest groups have captured the governmental regulatory process, and why the perverted form of governance that this alliance has created subverts the goals of egalitarian-minded policymakers. They also offer feasible policy solutions that can help correct the problem.

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Oxford University Press

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019062776X

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The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Battle for Control of the Law

By: Steven M. Teles

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The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Battle for Control of the Law

By: Steven M. Teles

Starting in the 1970s, conservatives learned that electoral victory did not easily convert into a reversal of important liberal accomplishments, especially in the law. As a result, conservatives' mobilizing efforts increasingly turned to law schools, professional networks, public interest groups, and the judiciary--areas traditionally controlled by liberals. Drawing from internal documents, as well as interviews with key conservative figures, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement examines this sometimes fitful, and still only partially successful, conservative challenge to liberal domination of the law and American legal institutions. Unlike accounts that depict the conservatives as fiendishly skilled, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement reveals the formidable challenges that conservatives faced in competing with legal liberalism. Steven Teles explores how conservative mobilization was shaped by the legal profession, the legacy of the liberal movement, and the difficulties in matching strategic opportunities with effective organizational responses. He explains how foundations and groups promoting conservative ideas built a network designed to dislodge legal liberalism from American elite institutions. And he portrays the reality, not of a grand strategy masterfully pursued, but of individuals and political entrepreneurs learning from trial and error. Using previously unavailable materials from the Olin Foundation, Federalist Society, Center for Individual Rights, Institute for Justice, and Law and Economics Center, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement provides an unprecedented look at the inner life of the conservative movement. Lawyers, historians, sociologists, political scientists, and activists seeking to learn from the conservative experience in the law will find it compelling reading.

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Princeton University Press

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1400829690

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What's Wrong with the First Amendment

By: Steven H. Shiffrin

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What's Wrong with the First Amendment

By: Steven H. Shiffrin

What is Wrong with the First Amendment? argues that the US love affair with the First Amendment has mutated into free speech idolatry. Free speech has been placed on so high a pedestal that it is almost automatically privileged over privacy, fair trials, equality and public health, even protecting depictions of animal cruelty and violent video games sold to children. At the same time, dissent is unduly stifled and religious minorities are burdened. The First Amendment benefits the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable. By contrast, other Western democracies provide more reasonable accommodations between free speech and other values though their protections of dissent, and religious minorities are also inadequate. Professor Steven H. Shiffrin argues that US free speech extremism is not the product of broad cultural factors, but rather political ideologies developed after the 1950s. He shows that conservatives and liberals have arrived at similar conclusions for different political reasons.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316839540

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The Economist's View of the World

And the Quest for Well-Being

By: Steven E. Rhoads

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The Economist's View of the World

And the Quest for Well-Being

By: Steven E. Rhoads

Released in 1984, Steven E. Rhoads' classic was considered by many to be among the best introductions to the economic way of thinking and its applications. This anniversary edition has been updated to account for political and economic developments - from the greater interest in redistributing income and the ascendancy of behaviorism to the Trump presidency. Rhoads explores opportunity cost, marginalism, and economic incentives and explains why mainstream economists - even those well to the left - still value free markets. He critiques economics for its unbalanced emphasis on narrow self-interest as controlling motive and route to happiness, highlighting philosophers and positive psychologists' findings that happiness is far more dependent on friends and family than on income or wealth. This thought-provoking tour of the economist's mind is a must read for our times, providing a clear, lively, non-technical insight into how economists think and why they shouldn't be ignored.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108997996

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Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

A Debate

By: Steven McMullen,James R. Otteson

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Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

A Debate

By: Steven McMullen,James R. Otteson

A central contested issue in contemporary economics and political philosophy is whether governments should redistribute wealth. In this book, a philosopher and an economist debate this question. James Otteson argues that respect for individual persons requires that the government should usually not alter the results of free exchanges, and so redistribution is usually wrong. Steven McMullen argues that governments should substantially redistribute wealth in order to ensure that all have a minimal opportunity to participate in economic life. Over the course of the exchange, the authors investigate a number of important questions. Is redistribution properly a question of justice, and what is the appropriate standard? Has the welfare state been effective at fighting poverty? Can we expect government intervention in the economy to be helpful or counterproductive? Are our obligations to help the poor best met through government action, or through private philanthropy and individual charity? The book features clear statements of each argument, responses to counterarguments, in-text definitions, a glossary of key terms, and section summaries. Scholars and students alike will find it easy to follow the debate and learn the key concepts from philosophy, politics, and economics necessary to understand each position. Key Features: Offers clear arguments written to be accessible to readers and students without a deep background in economics, philosophy, or political theory. Fosters a deep exchange of ideas with responses from each author to the main arguments. Provides in-text definitions and a glossary with definitions of key terms. Includes section summaries that give an overview of the main arguments and a comprehensive bibliography for further reading.

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Taylor & Francis

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100080190X

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The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Battle for Control of the Law

By: Steven M. Teles

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The Battle for Control of the Law

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Mozilla Firefox

Introductory Concepts and Techniques

By: Gary B. Shelly,Thomas J. Cashman,Steven M. Freund,Steven G. Forsythe

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Mozilla Firefox

Introductory Concepts and Techniques

By: Gary B. Shelly,Thomas J. Cashman,Steven M. Freund,Steven G. Forsythe

This brand new book to the Shelly Cashman Series provides content on the popular open source Firefox browser and can be bundled with any concepts or office textbook.

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Cengage Learning

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141885994X

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The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Battle for Control of the Law

By: Steven Michael Teles

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The Battle for Control of the Law

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Prison Break

Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

By: David Dagan,Steven Michael Teles

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Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

By: David Dagan,Steven Michael Teles

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Never Trump

The Revolt of the Conservative Elites

By: Robert P. Saldin,Steven M. Teles

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Never Trump

The Revolt of the Conservative Elites

By: Robert P. Saldin,Steven M. Teles

As it became increasingly apparent that Donald Trump might actually become the Republican party's 2016 presidential nominee, alarmed conservatives coalesced behind a simple, uncompromising slogan: Never Trump. Although the movement initially included a large number of Republican office-holders, its white-hot core was always comprised of the policy experts, public intellectuals, and campaign professionals who play a critical role in the modern political party system. They saw in Trump a repudiation of longstanding conservative doctrine and, in his unprincipled appeals to voters, the kind of demagogue the founders famously warned about. Never Trumpers took their shot at denying Trump the presidency-everything from flailing attempts to coalesce around other Republican candidates and collective letters of opposition, to a desperate third party challenge and even supporting their longtime nemesis Hillary Clinton. But in their attempt to kill the king, they missed. Now on the margins of a party that has enthusiastically united around the president, Never Trumpers have been reduced to the status of a remnant, shut out from government and hoping for a day when their party awakens from its Trumpist spell. Based on extensive interviews with conservative opponents of the president, Robert P. Saldin and Steven M. Teles reveal why such a wide range of committed partisans chose to break with their longtime comrades in arms. Never Trump provides a window into the motivations of these conservative professionals and a guide to the long-term consequences that their unprecedented revolt holds for the Republican and Democratic parties, conservatism, and American democracy.

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The Captured Economy

How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

By: Brink Lindsey,Steven Michael Teles

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How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

By: Brink Lindsey,Steven Michael Teles

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Book's by Steven Michael Teles

Never Trump

Never Trump

Prison Break

Prison Break

The Captured Economy

The Captured Economy

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

What's Wrong with the First Amendment

What's Wrong with the First Amendment

The Economist's View of the World

The Economist's View of the World

Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

Prison Break

Prison Break

Never Trump

Never Trump

The Captured Economy

The Captured Economy

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