Passing on the right : conservative professors in the progressive university /

Shields and Dunn shed light on the hidden world of conservative professors through 153 interviews. Most conservative professors told them that the university is a far more tolerant place than its right-wing critics imagine. Many, in fact, first turned right in the university itself, while others say...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Shields, Jon A. (Author), Dunn, Joshua M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
College teachers > Political activity > United States.
College teaching > Political aspects > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Right and left (Political science)
Conservatisme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College teachers > Political activity.
College teaching > Political aspects.
Conservatism.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The politics of conservative professors. The conservative minority
  • The Republican Party and its discontents
  • Part II. Life in the progressive university. The bias debate
  • Closeted conservatives
  • Open conservatism and its challenges
  • The limits of liberalism
  • Part III. Should we care? The consequences of a progressive professoriate
  • Epilogue : Affirmative action for conservatives?

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