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William R. Fernekes - Clifford Case and the Challenge of Liberal Republicanism, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Clifford Case and the Challenge of Liberal Republicanism

Av William R. Fernekes

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Clifford P. Case was an exemplary “liberal Republican” during his 33 years in Congress, including 4 terms in the U.S. Senate. A strong advocate of civil and human rights, environmental protection, high ethical standards for public officials, and U.S. global leadership, Case was a highly respected member of the GOP from 1945-1979. Even so, GOP conservatives repeatedly sought to oust Case, finally succeeding as the Republican party moved inexorably to the right. This book tells Case’s life story, his ascendancy in GOP politics, his achievements and disappointments in Congress, and his unexpected loss in the 1978 NJ GOP primary to Reagan protégé Jeffrey Bell. Case emerges as a courageous politician of principle who valued country over party and regularly formed coalitions with Democrats concerning major foreign and domestic policy issues: ending the Vietnam War, passing landmark civil rights legislation, and reasserting the Senate’s role in foreign policy oversight. The biography also analyzes the gradual decline of liberal Republican influence in the GOP, culminating in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 election and the triumph of movement conservatism. For readers who decry America’s political polarization, Case’s career demonstrates that electoral and legislative achievements need not rely on appeals to political extremes.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-08-01
  • Mått: 159 x 237 x 33 mm
  • Vikt: 866 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 500
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Medarbetare: Ross K. Baker
  • ISBN: 9781666928587
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William R. Fernekes currently teaches courses in global education and human rights and education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

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Although liberal Republicans today constitute a nearly extinct species, after WW II they represented a significant force in the GOP, notably in the Northeast and on the West Coast. One of the most influential of these Republicans was Clifford Case of New Jersey, who served four terms in the House and another four in the Senate until he lost the primary for a fifth term in 1978 to a young movement conservative. A workhorse, rather than a show horse, and a remarkable vote-getter until the end of his career, Case championed civil rights and liberties, environmental protection before it became a mainstream concern, and the expansion of the welfare state during the 1950s and 1960s, in each case working closely with allies in both parties. His causes included government transparency and limiting presidential authority in foreign affairs. Case gradually questioned the American war in Vietnam and by 1970 began shaping legislation to bring American troops home. Exhaustively researched and distinctly sympathetic to its subject, this biography tracks Case’s activities in at times excessive detail. The bottom line according to Fernekes —that Case mattered and that his brand of bipartisan politics is missed today—is persuasive. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

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