Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court - Law, Power, and Democracy (Hardcover)

In this concise, timely book, constitutional law expert Stephen M. Feldman draws on neoconservative writings to explore the rise of the neocons and their influence on the Supreme Court. Neocons burst onto the political scene in the early 1980s via their assault on pluralist democracy's ethical relativism, where no pre-existing or higher principles limit the agendas of interest groups. Instead, they advocated for a resurrection of republican democracy, which declares that virtuous citizens and officials pursue the common good. Yet despite their original goals, neocons quickly became an interest group themselves, competing successfully within the pluralist democratic arena. When the political winds shifted in 2008, however, neocons found themselves shorn of power in Congress and the executive branch. But portentously, they still controlled the Supreme Court. Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court explains how and why the neoconservatives criticized but operated within pluralist democracy, and, most important, what the entrenchment of neocons on the Supreme Court means for present and future politics and law.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Stephen M. Feldman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	235
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-6466-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-8147-6466-5
Barcode:	9780814764664

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