A 19 page research paper that explores the parameters of conservative philosophy as indicating by four of the founders of modern conservatism: Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, Frank S. Meyer and Richard Weaver. The writer relates this philosophy to the activity and power of conservative think tanks and argues that this constitutes a threat to American democracy as we know it. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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you work these into your final draft when you write your own paper based on this research. As to your requirement that the below should be written at a "masters
level," the student should remember that this example term paper is meant to be a tool on which you can draw to write your own paper at whatever level you
determine, remembering to cite at least once in your paper. Good luck in your project. Conservative think tanks and foundations, such as the Heritage
Foundation, the Cato Institute and the American Enterprise Institute, have become a powerful force in American politics, rewriting the social agenda established by decades of liberalism and a traditional of
humanistic values (Stefancic and Delgado, 1996). Former vice president of the Heritage Foundation, Burton Yale Pines, has called think tanks the "shock troops of the conservative revolution" (Mesler 1997,
15). There are now a plethora of Washington-based, rightwing think tanks that, as with Heritage, play a pivotal role in bring the conservative message to Congress, the media and the
public (Mesler 1997, 15). This message has greatly affected both foreign and domestic policy. Stefancic and Delgado point out that conservatives have largely succeeded in obtaining their goals in regards
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Elizabeth Drew in the New York Review of Books, asserts that neoconservatives and their
associated think tanks are the group most responsible for getting the US involved in a war with Iraq (2003, 26). The political significance of conservative think tanks can be demonstrated
by looking at the resumes of many people in key positions in the Bush administration. Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza Rice are both veterans of the Hoover Institution in California,