Beyond Greed: A Traditional Conservative Confronts Ne0-Conservative Excess (No Canadian Rights in the U.S.)

By Hugh Segal

In this short but persuasive book, life-long conservative Hugh Segal confronts the beliefs of the new right by exposing its roots, misrepresentations, and excesses--and makes the case for a civil... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773730532
• ISBN13: 9780773730533
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: General Distribution Services
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An excellent insight into the western consersative ideology

This is a must read for anyone in North America and Europe concerned with the growth and popularity of right wing or neo-conservative parties. Segal, a self-professed moderate conservative, thoroughly analyzes the neo-conservatism movement in Canada, the US, and Great Britain. He outlines how and why they have grown in popularity in recent years, and especially in the latest elections, in all three countries. For Segal, the neo-conservatives offer simple and politically expedient solutions to complex social, political, and economical problems. It is these simple solutions that have attracted people to these neo-conservative parties. After his neo-conservative overview Segal argues why moderate conservatives offer a balance between the rights of the individual and their responsibility to society. A balance which is missing in the neo-conservative concern for the individuals rights, and the liberals/socialist belief in a utopian state. The book concludes with Segal challenging all citizens to actively become involved with their community. Which is the base of a just and civil society. He then encourages people, "to reach beyond the narrow, beyond the small-minded, beyond the politics of insensitivity and envy," which for Segal is precisely what the neo-conservative movement propagates.