Why did you want to write about Political Parties . Your first book was focused on political lobbying. In the universe of potential reforms, the electoral college. The money in politics which we hear a ton about. Executive power. You chose to focus on parties as a linchpin. Can you talk about what drew you to parties . Tell us about the process. Great to be with you again matt. A fun reunion on cspan. So why did i write this book . I wrote this book because i was worried about american democracy. I saw hyper partisanship as a serious problem affecting our country and i wanted to think about if there was some way to maybe solve that problem. It kind of flowed in an indirect way from my previous book which was about the growth of corporate lobbying. In that book, i had concluded that one way reason they were so powerful was because they wrote a lot of the laws. Because there was not a tremendous amount of expertise. After that book came out, i went talking to folks in and around congress
Welcome to the carnegie and almond for international peace. I am a senior fellow of the endowment and its a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin duecks age of iron which is a marvelous analysis of conservative nationalism. I see a couple of things about the book in the moment but before i do, i want to extend on your behalf and mind a warm welcome to colin himself and to our two distinguished commentators, danny pletka and Richard Fontaine. As you know colin is a professor at the start school of policy and government at George Mason University read and is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute, our neighbor next door literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. And this book is trademark colin dueck. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon that has been brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of President Trump. In terms of both the history of idea
Pleasure to read. I think is great and important because a lot of attention. And just wanted to start out by kind of pulling back a little bit and asking you why did you want to write about Political Parties visiting your first book was focused on lobbying and in the universe of potential reforms, the electoral college, one of the biggest ones money in politics between your tongue about. The growth of executive power, he chose to focus on parties. Thats really is the linchpin. Can you talk a little bit about the parties. In the process. Matthew is going to be with you again. If an reunion here. Lee on cspan. And so why did i write this book. Another because i was worried about american democracy. I saw hyper partisanship as a serious problem. Affecting a country and i wanted to think about if there was some way to maybe solve the problem. It kind of exploded in a somewhat indirect way for my previous book but the corporate lobbying in that book i had basically concluded that one race w
Welcome to the Carnegie Endowment it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin dueck age of iron with a marvelous analysis analysis of conservative nationalism. I want to extend a warm welcome to call it and our distinguished commentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at George Mason University in a nonresident fellow at aei nextdoor literally at American Enterprise institute. This book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of President Trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So its a pleasure to have you with us. I am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators giv
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