Political Conservatism
The Spanish Case, 1875-1977
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10074473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R A H Robinson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 561-580 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200947901400401 |
| OpenAlex | W2022243583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Conservatism is a word whose usefulness is matched only by its capacity to confuse, distort, and irritate.' Denoting, Clinton Rossiter supposes, patterns of thought and action that are enduring, the same authority expresses the opinion that the word is 'a handy, if dangerous, tool of social science.' When someone has accepted the invitation of the editor of an academic journal to write an article on 'Spanish conservatism', it is perhaps a little churlish of him to begin by casting considerable doubt on the validity or utility of the concept as an aid to clarification in contemporary historical studies. Nevertheless, the present writer feels it incumbent upon him to make clear from the first his distaste for the use of the con
Action (physics · Conservatism · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Spanish History and Politics
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1981 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |