Les intimes ambitions de George W. Bush : la droite conservatrice et les « politiques de moralité »
With George W. Bush’s arrival in the White House, a large number of spokespersons from the conservative right-wing of the Republican party have comfortably settled down into some key positions of the Executive branch (notably, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Français |
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2001
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | With George W. Bush’s arrival in the White House, a large number
of spokespersons from the conservative right-wing of the Republican party have
comfortably settled down into some key positions of the Executive branch
(notably, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human
Services). In the realm of what political scientist Christopher Mooney calls
“morality politics”, their agenda is crystal clear: their foremost goal is “to
elevate” the status of the fœtus to that of a person. Within the institutional
context of the federal system, to what extent will George W. Bush and his
advocates succeed in achiev-ing this agenda? Will the negative impact on
reproductive rights be as disastrous as many feminist and civil rights groups
say it may be? Who truly will bear the brunt of new appointments to the Supreme
Court and across the federal district and appeals courts? In its attempt to
answer these questions, this article underlines those areas where George W.
Bush and the conservative right-wing’s ambitions will likely be fulfilled, and
where they will confront the limits of the executive power in its negotiations
with Congress and the States. |
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