Becoming right: how campuses shape young conservatives
Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims-until now. In Becoming Right, Amy Binder and Kate Wood carefully explore who conservative students are, and how their beliefs and political activism relate to their university experiences. Rich in interviews and insight, Becoming…
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Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims-until now. In Becoming Right, Amy Binder and Kate Wood carefully explore who conservative students are, and how their beliefs and political activism relate to their university experiences. Rich in interviews and insight, Becoming Right illustrates that the diverse conservative movement evolving among toda.
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- Publication Date:2013
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- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
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- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691145372, 0691145377, 9781400844876, 1400844878, 1283804255, 9781283804257
- oclc:on1013184941
- LC Classification:JC573.2.U6
- Dewey Decimal:320.52084 20973
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture
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