Bill Meulemans is a professor of political science who specializes in analyzing the political values and behavior of the political left and right. His written work is based on 40 years of field research in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Israel. He lives in Happy Valley, Oregon.

“Invaluable...recommended”—Midwest Book Review.

• Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. What’s Happening to Us?Secret MoneyUndermining the ElectorateWhy It HappenedReformers of the Left and RightNowhere Else to GoWhite SupremacistsNecessary ReformsQuestions for You2. Left and RightFixing SocietyCriticisms of the LeftCriticisms of the RightCharges and Counter ChargesBlind SpotsIllegal PoliticsQuestions for You3. Foundations of PoliticsNew Words for Old IdeasEternal QuestionsOutside ThreatsA Poor People’s ConferenceQuestions for You4. Personal ExperiencesThe Function of IdeologiesLearning Political ValuesAn Autobiography of a LiberalAn Autobiography of a ConservativeAdvantages and DisadvantagesMoralityQuestions for You 5. Expectations and DeprivationsRole of the Central GovernmentConstitutionalismSetting the ScenarioConsequencesPost-World War II (1945 to the Present)Unfinished BusinessAttacking the SystemSuccess and AngerQuestions for You6. ­Left-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the LeftSaul AlinskyRevolutionaries on the LeftProblems for Revolutionary RadicalsThe Communist PartyQuestions for You7. Right-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the RightMitt RomneyRevolutionaries on the RightProblems for Revolutionary ReactionariesThe Ku Klux KlanQuestions for You8. Ideas and People Move to the RightPublic ReactionsSelf-InterestBetrayal of PrinciplesRevolution of the Right or Left?The ­Flip-FlopMore or Less Freedom?Negative and Positive FreedomThe New ReactionariesThe New RadicalsQuestions for You9. Moderates, Activists, and ExtremistsModerates: Liberals and ConservativesModerates: Characteristics in CommonActivists: Radicals and ReactionariesActivists: Characteristics in CommonExtremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary ReactionariesExtremists: Characteristics in CommonQuestions for You10. Beyond IdeologyLeft and RightPredictabilityPolitical MannersTrump versus ­Anti-TrumpA Recipe for DisasterThe Dark Corners of AmericaQuestions for YouBibliographyIndex

Bill Meulemans is a professor of political science who specializes in analyzing the political values and behavior of the political left and right. His written work is based on 40 years of field research in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Israel. He lives in Happy Valley, Oregon.

“Invaluable...recommended”—Midwest Book Review.

• Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. What’s Happening to Us?Secret MoneyUndermining the ElectorateWhy It HappenedReformers of the Left and RightNowhere Else to GoWhite SupremacistsNecessary ReformsQuestions for You2. Left and RightFixing SocietyCriticisms of the LeftCriticisms of the RightCharges and Counter ChargesBlind SpotsIllegal PoliticsQuestions for You3. Foundations of PoliticsNew Words for Old IdeasEternal QuestionsOutside ThreatsA Poor People’s ConferenceQuestions for You4. Personal ExperiencesThe Function of IdeologiesLearning Political ValuesAn Autobiography of a LiberalAn Autobiography of a ConservativeAdvantages and DisadvantagesMoralityQuestions for You 5. Expectations and DeprivationsRole of the Central GovernmentConstitutionalismSetting the ScenarioConsequencesPost-World War II (1945 to the Present)Unfinished BusinessAttacking the SystemSuccess and AngerQuestions for You6. ­Left-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the LeftSaul AlinskyRevolutionaries on the LeftProblems for Revolutionary RadicalsThe Communist PartyQuestions for You7. Right-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the RightMitt RomneyRevolutionaries on the RightProblems for Revolutionary ReactionariesThe Ku Klux KlanQuestions for You8. Ideas and People Move to the RightPublic ReactionsSelf-InterestBetrayal of PrinciplesRevolution of the Right or Left?The ­Flip-FlopMore or Less Freedom?Negative and Positive FreedomThe New ReactionariesThe New RadicalsQuestions for You9. Moderates, Activists, and ExtremistsModerates: Liberals and ConservativesModerates: Characteristics in CommonActivists: Radicals and ReactionariesActivists: Characteristics in CommonExtremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary ReactionariesExtremists: Characteristics in CommonQuestions for You10. Beyond IdeologyLeft and RightPredictabilityPolitical MannersTrump versus ­Anti-TrumpA Recipe for DisasterThe Dark Corners of AmericaQuestions for YouBibliographyIndex

Bill Meulemans is a professor of political science who specializes in analyzing the political values and behavior of the political left and right. His written work is based on 40 years of field research in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Israel. He lives in Happy Valley, Oregon.

“Invaluable...recommended”—Midwest Book Review.

• Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. What’s Happening to Us?Secret MoneyUndermining the ElectorateWhy It HappenedReformers of the Left and RightNowhere Else to GoWhite SupremacistsNecessary ReformsQuestions for You2. Left and RightFixing SocietyCriticisms of the LeftCriticisms of the RightCharges and Counter ChargesBlind SpotsIllegal PoliticsQuestions for You3. Foundations of PoliticsNew Words for Old IdeasEternal QuestionsOutside ThreatsA Poor People’s ConferenceQuestions for You4. Personal ExperiencesThe Function of IdeologiesLearning Political ValuesAn Autobiography of a LiberalAn Autobiography of a ConservativeAdvantages and DisadvantagesMoralityQuestions for You 5. Expectations and DeprivationsRole of the Central GovernmentConstitutionalismSetting the ScenarioConsequencesPost-World War II (1945 to the Present)Unfinished BusinessAttacking the SystemSuccess and AngerQuestions for You6. ­Left-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the LeftSaul AlinskyRevolutionaries on the LeftProblems for Revolutionary RadicalsThe Communist PartyQuestions for You7. Right-Wing ValuesWhat They BelieveIn Their Own WordsBasic Problems for the RightMitt RomneyRevolutionaries on the RightProblems for Revolutionary ReactionariesThe Ku Klux KlanQuestions for You8. Ideas and People Move to the RightPublic ReactionsSelf-InterestBetrayal of PrinciplesRevolution of the Right or Left?The ­Flip-FlopMore or Less Freedom?Negative and Positive FreedomThe New ReactionariesThe New RadicalsQuestions for You9. Moderates, Activists, and ExtremistsModerates: Liberals and ConservativesModerates: Characteristics in CommonActivists: Radicals and ReactionariesActivists: Characteristics in CommonExtremists: Revolutionary Radicals & Revolutionary ReactionariesExtremists: Characteristics in CommonQuestions for You10. Beyond IdeologyLeft and RightPredictabilityPolitical MannersTrump versus ­Anti-TrumpA Recipe for DisasterThe Dark Corners of AmericaQuestions for YouBibliographyIndex