Ebook: Reflections on Conservative Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States Still Soul Mates?

Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Rights; 1 Liberty and Rights in American and British Conservatism; II: Foreign Policy; 2 New Directions in British Foreign Policy?; 3 Conservative US Foreign Policy; III: Religion; 4 Religion and Conservatism in the United Kingdom; 5 The Religious Right in the United States; IV: Economics; 6 The British Conservative Party and Economic Policy; 7 Free-Market Conservatives Faced with the Economic Crisis; Conclusion; Index; About the Contributors.;This collective work compares US and UK conservative thought in the areas of the meaning of rights, foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and the impact of the current economic crisis on conservative economic orthodoxy. Intended both for political scientists and the general public, it is hoped this work will add to the understanding of what constitutes conservatism, and help reveal the common strands of thought which unite them.