Poli 409: American Conservatism from Goldwater to Trump

Enroll in POLI 409: American Conservatism from Goldwater to Trump

Wednesdays, 4:30-7:30; Public Policy Building 354

Dr. Thomas Schaller

Course Overview: POLI 409 is a special topics course focusing on modern American conservatism from the Goldwater era to today. The course will examine conservatism—and, where so often applicable, its relationship with the Republican Party—as a movement: its philosophical premises, arguments and ideas; its leaders, coalitions and movements; its electoral, policy, political and media strategies, tactics and narratives; and, more generally, its successes and failures.