Conservatism in a Divided America

In this persuasive study, George Hawley explores the nature of identity politics on the American right, providing historical context from the mainstream conservative movement's earliest days to today.

He analyzes conservative approaches to civil rights, race, gender, and immigration over the past 70 years, highlighting inconsistencies in critiques of identity politics and the right's own engagement with identitarian concerns.

The book argues that conservatives have consistently opposed identity politics in theory but employed it in practice, particularly in partisan politics.