What is the Political Right?

Why We Need to Know How it Works

Drifting Right and Going Wrong
	By Chip Berlet and Jean Hardisty Those who want to successfully challenge the Right's policies need to understand that not all sectors of the U.S. Right are alike. There are multiple networks of organizations and funders with differing and sometimes competing agendas. No one organization 'controls' the political Right.
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Introduction to the US Political Right

• Different Sectors of the Right - A Chart
• What are the Different Sectors of the Right? (Chip Berlet & Margaret Quigley) 
• Why Now? A report by Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D.
• Links to Right-Wing Websites
• Eyes Right! Selected Chapters from the book (Full Table of Contents)

Studying the US Political Right

Studying the US Political Right

• Bibliographies, Reading Lists, & Study Guides
• Conceptualizing and Mapping the Political Right
• Charts Showing How Right-wing Populism and Producerism Interact
• Dynamics of Demonization

Different Sectors of the Right

• Neoconservatism
• Christian Right & Theocratic Right
• Patriots & Militias
• Ultra Right (Extreme Right)

Policy-Making & Funding

• Home page for Policy-Making & Funding
  • Foundations and Funding: Web Resources
  • Affirming Racial Equality: The Right's Attack on Affirmative Action, by Jean Hardisty. The Public Eye Magazine. [PDF]
  • Takin' It to the States: The Rise of Conservative State-Level Think Tanks, by Fred Clarkson. The Public Eye Magazine. [PDF]
  • The Right's Attack on Aid to Families with Dependent Children