Pat Buchanan and the "Paleoconservatives" in the USA

Sciences politiques | 100 pages | 18-07-2008 | Format : | Note : Non noté

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Résumé

Politically speaking, the United States has always been known as a country of the two-party system. The main choice for the population is to vote either for the Democratic Party, or for the Republican Party. And yet, the United States overflows with all sorts of smaller parties and factions. This is mainly due to the idea that Americans have of freedom, which is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution of 1787. This Constitution is so dear to Americans that it would seem impossible for anyone to even try to change a single line of its founding principles. This is the reason why, in America, a huge number of associations, lobbies or political groups voice their beliefs. This is their right.

The spectrum of political groups is so vast that it is relatively complicated to differentiate serious groups from more eccentric ones. A few of them may be mentioned, such as the Communist Party, the Family Values Party, the Prohibition Party, or the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party. And yet, not many parties of this kind succeeded in reaching the ultimate objective: to have one of their candidates run for a presidential election. In this perspective, they need to fulfill many requirements, especially concerning funds, and these parties also have to prove credibility and eligibility. The Democratic Party...

Table of contents:

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

PART I - The Passing of Traditional America

1. Stopping the Flow of Immigrants

a) The "Bleeding Borders" of the United States
b) Immigration in American History
c) The Positions of the Democrats and the Republicans
d) Welfare and Proposition 187

2. The Loss of the American Identity

a) History Denied
b) Patriots Labeled Racists
c) Anti-Americanism
d) The End of Western Civilization

3. Christianity Denied, God Challenged

a) The Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s
b) Homosexuality
c) The Destruction of the Family Structure
d) Abortion and Euthanasia, a "Culture of Death"

PART II - The Isolationist Policy

1. Lessons From the Past

a) George Washington's Principles
b) The Annexations of the 19th Century
c) The Global Conflicts
d) The Cold War

2. American Foreign Policy

a) Three Schools of Foreign Policy
b) The America First Party
c) Foreign Treaties
d) A Loss of Power

3. Buchanan, a Visionary Politician?

a) Foreign Policy Under the Two Presidents Bush
b) The War on Terrorism
c) Afghanistan and Iraq
d) A Possible Conflict in Asia

PART III - Buchanan's Views on the American Political Life

1. A Nostalgic View

a) Republicans in the Early 20th Century
b) Goldwater and Reagan as Models
c) The America First Party's Defense of the Constitution

2. The Betrayal of the Neoconservatives

a) The Emergence of a New Trend
b) A Left-Wing Policy?
c) Is George W. Bush a Neoconservative?

3. What Future for American Politics?

a) The Democratic-Republican Establishment
b) The Populists as a Real Alternative

GENERAL CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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