Liberal and conservative dissensus in areas of domestic public policy other than business and economics |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Carl?GraftonEmail author Anne?Permaloff |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Auburn University Montgomery, P.O. Box 244023, Montgomery, AL, 36124-4023, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This research is part of a project that examines the nature of political ideology in the United States and its impact on the
formulation of public policy. Here we explore the bases of liberal – conservative dissensus in areas of domestic policy other
than business and the economy using a model developed by Janda, Berry, and Goldman. We find that the major elements of dissensus
are: a strong conservative disposition to defend order; with a few exceptions a liberal indifference to order as conservatives
define it; conservative opposition to the expansion of federal power over states or individuals and/or expansion in federal
(and often state and local government) spending unless order is threatened; much greater liberal emphasis on equality; and
varying conceptualizations of basic values to the degree that liberals and conservatives seem almost to be talking past each
other using two different languages. |
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