Republican War Against Women An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines

Name: Republican War Against Women An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines
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ISBN: 9780553378160

ISBN-10: 0553378163

ISBN-13: 9780553378160

Edition: Revised

Authors: Tanya Melich

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In 1980, Republicans used appeals to sexist and racist bigotry to win the Presidency. The party adopted an electoral strategy that included getting votes by playing on the fear and uncertainty engendered by the civil rights and women's political movements, and continued to use this strategy in the campaigns of 1984, 1988, and 1992. Under the Reagan and Bush administrations, this strategy became a crucial part of the party's governing policies. This book is not a political science treatise nor a description of political campaigns; it is a documented account of a grab for power that, as the years pass, continues to intensify antagonism between the sexes and to sow unnecessary division among…

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List price: $25.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/5/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Prologue: Houston, August 19, 1992



How It Happened



The Conflict of Principle and Expediency



Two Emerging Agendas



The Line Is Crossed



An Emboldened New Right



A Time of Accommodation



The Backlash Breaks Out



The Successful Trial Run



Winning the Brass Ring



The Misogynist Era of Reagan-Bush, 1980-1992



Reagan's New Republican Beginning



The "Women's Problem"



"Teach Them a Lesson"



The Coalition Cracks



Valuable Weapons: Bush's Political Women



Victory Without Honor



Pro-Choicers Fight Back



Faithful Friend of the Right



The Collapse of Bush



Rebirth or Extremism



Theocrats Get a Place at the Table



The Chaos of the GOP



The Future of the Republic


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index