Hollow mandates Book

	List of Tables and Figures
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction: The Conservative Shift in American Politics	1
	Notes	10
2	Defining Conservatism in the United States	11
	Conservative Issue-Positions	12
	Summary	20
3	Changing Campaign Rhetoric	23
	Democratic Nomination Addresses	25
	Democratic Platforms	29
	Republican Nomination Addresses	35
	Republican Platforms	39
	Summary	43
	Notes	47
4	Changes in Policy	49
	The Carter Years	50
	The Reagan Years	52
	Summary	67
	Notes	70
5	Issue Preferences and Ideological Symbols	73
	The Issue Dimensions	75
	The Tests: An Overview	76
	The Late 1960s: A Cultural Backlash?	79
	The Late 1970s: Institutional Malaise?	82
	The Reagan Years: A Sweeping Mandate?	84
	Symbolic Conservatism	90
	Summary	94
	Notes	96
6	Assessments of the Political Parties	99
	Dimensions of Partisan Assessments	100
	Summary	110
	Notes	111
7	Generational Change and the Conservative Shift	115
	Defining the Age Cohorts	116
	A Cohort Analysis of the Conservative Shift	118
	Summary	124
	Notes	124
8	The Rise of De Facto Conservatism	127
	Ideological Versus De Facto Conservatism	128
	Summary	137
	Notes	140
9	Conclusion: Leading with the Right	145
	The Theory of Managerial Conservatism	145
	The Two-Tiered Conservative Shift	147
	The Anglo-American Conservative Shift	154
	Future Directions	159
	Notes	160
	Appendix A: Survey Questions and Figures	161
	Appendix B: Tables of Partisan Assessments by Generational Cohort	185
	Appendix C: Description of Partisan Assessments	189
	References	193
	About the Book and Author	203
	Index	205