Neoconservatism

Neoconservatism is a particular variant of US conservatism. The label was first applied in the 1970s to a group of dissident liberal intellectuals around particular journals such as the Public Interest and Commentary . They included Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz, Daniel Bell, and Seymour Martin Lipset. Unlike the term neoliberal, the neoconservatives adopted the label with enthusiasm, describing it as a persuasion rather than as a faction. As an important if small intellectual elite, they became a component of the growing conservative movement in the United States through the 1980s and 1990s. Some neoconservatives were influential in the Reagan administration, but they appeared to be in decline in the 1990s. Nevertheless, several neoconservatives were appointed to significant posts in the George W. Bush administration, and the influence of neoconservatism on the policies of the administration after 9/11, particularly the decision to invade Iraq, was marked

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  Open Access•Robert Jervis•Political Science Quarterly•2005

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