The Family Style in American Politics

Political scientist Melinda Cooper explains how neoliberals and social conservatives have found common ground

Malcolm Harris
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6 min readMay 30, 2019

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When I first read political scientist Melinda Cooper’s 2017 book Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism it left me searching in vain for a cliché to use besides “mind-blowing.” Her central…

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Malcolm Harris
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Author of “Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials” malcolmpharris@gmail ☭