While many progressive movements have organised online, conservatives dominate because of better organisation, capital, and social inequality. France’s presidential elections are a case in point.
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Conservation must be carried out by local communities to be most effective, new research shows.
Great crises have historically given impetus to right-wing mobilisation, and the COVID pandemic is no exception. However, it’s not always to the right’s benefit.
It’s not just issues like climate change and vaccines that pose problems for conservative thinkers – it’s the way science itself is conducted.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court’s majority said the requirements violated donors’ First Amendment rights by subjecting them to potential harassment.
Rep. Liz Cheney may have been exiled from her party’s leadership, but she’s after a bigger thing: the restoration of politically conservative values in the GOP and its voters.
Donald Trump’s ticket to the White House was a coarse version of populism. Will his successors in the GOP be different – or simply present a more polished version of his antagonistic rhetoric?
The US Supreme Court now clearly leans towards the Conservatives, but it has not become a political tool in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Trump has increased the appeal of American conservatism, even as he has complicated its meaning. His shadow will no doubt continue to loom large over the Republican Party.
Special interests use the court as a public policy battleground. Here’s a rundown of how that works and which groups are likely to appear before a conservative court with Amy Coney Barrett on it.
In the 2016 election, Donald Trump won 60% of the American Catholic vote. This year, it will be difficult for him to obtain a similar score, and that could have immense consequences.
An analysis of Donald Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore reveals the underbelly of his constant use of heroic rhetoric.
There is a trend in policy advocacy that pushes back progress and limits women’s freedom of choice.
Though political elites complain about what the media covers, and how they cover it, research shows that ideological bias among media outlets is largely nonexistent.
The coronavairus outbreak is a challenge to government that it, in itself, diminishes Thatcher’s comments of the 1980s.
Research finds that poor households in rural Indonesia tend to prioritise high-cost schooling options for sons, while sending daughters to under-resourced Islamic schools. Why is this the case?
Research on the everyday lives of Indonesian young people and their religious interactions may help shed light on why they are becoming more conservative.
Deciphering the political and historical basis of climate denial in America, of which Trump is the worthy heir.
The crisis of Conservatism of the early 20th century has some parallels for the party today.
If we acquiesce to the ban of the niqab, what makes the banning of other types of women’s clothing any different?
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professeur des Universités en histoire contemporaine, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Principal Research Fellow and Co-Director, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
