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 R...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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Résumé: | 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. Which parts of conservatism do these students identify with? How do their political identities evolve on campus? |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (424 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781400844876 |