The Cultivation of Resentment - Treaty Rights and the New Right (Hardcover)

"The Cultivation of Resentment" is one of the first book-length examinations of how grassroots conservative activists use rights discourse to pursue their political goals. It argues that conservative activists engage in frequent and sincere mobilizations of rights talk--a discourse that includes accusations that socially marginal Americans are seeking un-American, "special" rights that violate the nation's commitment to equal rights. "The Cultivation of Resentment" finds that such rights talk is central both to the identities of conservative activists and to the broad appeal of modern New Right politics.
However, through an in-depth case study of opposition on the Indian treaty rights, this book establishes that the impact of conservative rights talk is ultimately ambiguous. While conservative rights discourse effectively expresses the nationalistic resentment that saturates New Right politics, it deflects critical scrutiny from the actual causes of that resentment. By tracing the interplay of rights and resentment, "The Cultivation of Resentment" adds new insight to the prevailing scholarship on law and politics, which typically overlooks the importance of rights discourse for conservative politics.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Jeffrey R. Dudas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5809-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > Treaties & other sources of international law
LSN:	0-8047-5809-3
Barcode:	9780804758093

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