2. How Conservatives Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Presidential Power

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Establishment Conservative: The Presidency of George W. Bush 1
6. 2. How Conservatives Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Presidential Power 15
7. 3. A Sword and a Shield: The Uses of Law in the Bush Administration 39
8. 4. George W. Bush and the “War on Terror” 59
9. 5. Anatomy of an Unnecessary War: The Iraq Invasion 88
10. 6. Transformative Economic Policies: Tax Cutting, Stimuli, and Bailouts 114
11. 7. Wreaking Havoc from Within: George W. Bush’s Energy Policy in Historical Perspective 139
12. 8. Ideology and Interest on the Social Policy Home Front 169
13. 9. Creating Their Own Reality: The Bush Administration and Expertise in a Polarized Age 199
14. 10. Compassionate Conservatism: Religion in the Age of George W. Bush 227
15. 11. Minorities, Multiculturalism, and the Presidency of George W. Bush 252
16. 12. From Hubris to Despair: George W. Bush and the Conservative Movement 282
17. Notes 303
18. Index 363