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- Title
THE FAILURES OF REVOLUTION: CONSERVATIVE DISILLUSION WITH REAGAN ON SOCIAL ISSUES.
- Authors
Witcher, Marcus M.
- Abstract
This article argues that many conservatives felt that the Ronald W. Reagan administration was not revolutionary enough. Drawing on archival sources, it documents the frustration that conservatives felt with Reagan when he failed to pursue conservative's, specifically the New Right's, social agenda. Although Reagan was personally a social conservative, he did not prioritize school prayer, abortion, or other comparable social issues. Instead, the Reagan administration attempted to pacify social conservatives with rhetoric and maintain their support for the president's economic and foreign policy agendas. In contrast with historians who argue that there was a "Reagan Revolution" and that the 1980s represented a "triumph for conservatism," this article demonstrates that to many conservatives the 1980s were anything but revolutionary. Furthermore, this article demonstrates the diversity of conservative opinions during the 1980s and provides a corrective to the way conservatives remember the fortieth president today
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL problems; CONSERVATISM; REAGAN, Ronald, 1911-2004; NEW right (Politics); UNITED States politics &; government; O'CONNOR, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
- Publication
White House Studies, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
1535-4768
- Publication type
Article