Steven F. Hayward, Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Argument that Redefined American Conservatism

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The academic study of American politics is divided into methodological subgroups and those specializing in the individual branches of the federal government or different levels of government, such as state and local politics. There are also subgroups devoted to identities based on race and sex or gender orientation. The American Political Science Association recognizes a large number of specialized groups. None, however, are labeled liberal, progressive, or conservative. As with all fields in the social sciences, political scientists as a group lean largely to the left. Yet in contrast to other fields, there is a significant number of conservatives studying politics and they have organized themselves largely along the differences between the two major protagonists in this book. …